Lapsis

Name: Lapsis
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: February 12, 2021
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 74
Cast: Arliss Howard, Babe Howard, Dean Imperial, Frank Wood, Ivory Aquino

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Film Movement | Release Date (Streaming): February 12, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Arliss Howard, Babe Howard, Dean Imperial, Frank Wood, Ivory Aquino, James McDaniel, Madeline Wise, Madison Burge, Violet Adams

Summary: In a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. After a series of two-bit hustles and unsuccessful swindles, Ray takes a job in a strange new realm of the gig economy: trekking deep into the forest, pulling cable over miles of terrain to connect large, metal cubes that linkIn a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. After a series of two-bit hustles and unsuccessful swindles, Ray takes a job in a strange new realm of the gig economy: trekking deep into the forest, pulling cable over miles of terrain to connect large, metal cubes that link together the new quantum trading market. As he gets pulled deeper into the zone, he encounters growing hostility and the threat of robot cablers, and must choose to either help his fellow workers or to get rich and get out.… Expand

Director: Noah Hutton

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 108 min

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Robert Abele

Feb 12, 2021

A refreshing instance of world building where the emphasis is on satirical wit, activist smarts and character, it feels like one of those movies we’ll be looking at decades from now and, however tech has transformed our lives, saying “Yeah, ‘Lapsis’ had that.” Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Feb 16, 2021

Witty, astute, perfectly absurd in a plausibly grounded way, and political without feeling like a polemic, Hutton' quiet satire is merciless about life in the daily hustle - and a lesson about the power of the worker. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Feb 13, 2021

That’s Hutton’s gift of “Lapsis,” a puzzling picture that challenges, leaves out “all the answers” and serves up Tony Soprano-lite as our intrepid, in-over-his-head tour guide through a hell of our own creation. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Feb 16, 2021

The filmmaker does a phenomenal job of setting up this world in a natural-seeming way, smuggling mountains of pertinent fact into conversations that pretend to be banal. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Feb 12, 2021

The narrative eventually loses steam, but the movie’s politics remain as low-key as its acting and as basic as its special effects. Lapsis isn’t a polemic, it’s a caricature, and all the more likable for having its claws sheathed in velvet. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Jul 2, 2022

This is a somewhat mysterious, slightly sinister and definitely exploitative film, plot wise, not content wise, about the futuristic gig economy. Some aspects of it made me think of the Ken Loach film 'Sorry We Missed You' and others of 'The Lobster'.

It makes you think about the threat ofThis is a somewhat mysterious, slightly sinister and definitely exploitative film, plot wise, not content wise, about the futuristic gig economy. Some aspects of it made me think of the Ken Loach film 'Sorry We Missed You' and others of 'The Lobster'.

It makes you think about the threat of digital technology superceding human capability. I wish we knew more about the main characters brother, who's suffering from 'Omnia'. That intrigued me more but it's not a fully fleshed out sub-plot. Shame. Its a quirky watch. It doesn't entirely 'work' I think but its ok. Perhaps more of an allegorical thought piece than anything else - it may seem a bit too bland and bizarre for some. Its quite sci-fi based, although without many special effects. A bit of a strange one, this. I wouldn't personally recommend it as a film as such, no.… Expand

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