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Wednesday, 21 April 2021

Ascendant (2021) - Movie Review

Independent Aussie films rarely look this good. While its very insular setting (most of it takes place in an elevator) and smaller cast (we largely stick with Charlotte Best in the lead as Aria) mean that there aren’t many spots for budget deficiencies to present themselves, this still holds up visually to just about any American film I’ve seen this year. Even the computer effects, which ramp up quite a bit as the film goes along, are genuinely impressive, whether it’s the more supernatural aspects of the characters or just the realisation of the brakes on the main elevator as they jut and throw its occupant around. But once you get past that presentation, things to start unravel very quickly.