Short film

Drone
2017 · 27 min
A scrappy, sunbaked sci-fi chase that feels like a tense little parable about identity and sibling rivalry.
- Directed by
- Matt Esteron
- Genres
- Action, Science fiction
- Starring
- Justin Torno, Tony Hannawacker, Ronee Collins
- Overview
- In the year 2197, Ridley, the "first" true sentient robot, wakes up in a desert; he's stranded and must find his omni-drive, a device that stabilizes his emotions and enhanced capabilities, before scavengers destroy it, or worse, before his jealous brother D2 finds it.
- How it feels
- Tense, earnest and bleak. Brisk and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, survival, betrayal, isolation
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Matt Esteron
- Genres
- Action, Science fiction
- Starring
- Justin Torno, Tony Hannawacker, Ronee Collins

