“The Fix” is a 2024 science fiction thriller with penguins directed by Kelsey Egan and set in a future where the earth’s atmosphere is no longer breathable showcasing outstanding narrative. As well, the film looks at the issues of outsourcing, human existence, and ethical questions around genes editing.
Synopsis
By the future, earth will not be inhabited since a single breath will end one’s life. AIRemedy is a drug produced by a company called Aethera which denies its customers the truth’s its claim that it enables them to breathe without restrictions. They fail to clarify that the stock is always in shortage across the world. Thus it creates mass control over humanity, but all thanks to Lazarus and the other scientific rebells it suffers from competition.
After Ella McPhee’s modeling mother, Fia McPhee, committed suicide, Ella McPhee suffered from depression but was still working for Aethera. And while attending another party looking for another potential Andy, her old ex boyfriend and now a drug addict Tully steals the polish drug ‘Spider’ from his supplier. Looking for Tully, she finds him with her dresser Gina, and shrugs off the thought only to fade into unconsciousness. When returning, she finds remnants of her ‘chitinous’ body her legs were covered in along with overcrowded claws and in their place were several spurs along with an augmented strength within her fantasies.
Having fallaciously accepted that he can never reproduce the formula, desperate Tully seeks to escape with Ella but unfortunately dies while doing so. Now the hunted, Ella escapes from desperate people including one of Tully’s friends named Boxer, and Gina. The evolution that took place in her over time is noted by Eric O’Connors who is the head of Aethera research apart from being the son of the chairman of Aethera company that deals with AI. Even though they have not participated in the development of the drug, O’Connors had kept a watch on Spider’s group and even suspected them of manipulating a synthetic substitute for AIRemedy’s main reagent. The particular substance in question was previously obtained from a now-extinct dragonfly “inadvisably free of toxins”. To him, Ella offers her unique existence following incorporation of the modified substance, which he believes is of no use for life because all of necessary adaptive reagents integrated into O’Connors DNA, in order to elude the failure which he considers inevitable.
Understanding all too well what O’Connors is trying to do, Ella flees with Solomon who is an Aethera scientist and spy in Spider’s team. He said there plans seem focused on producing an antidote for all genetically modified organisms, throughout the world unlike Aethera who only focus on specific genetic targets. After multiple stand-offs and a multi-diversion with Max being the young son of O’Connor, Ella finally encounters Lazarus who’s true identity is Angela, personal assistant of O’Connors. In order to provide mankind with alternative to survive through adaptive mutation, Ella offers her consent to participate in the plan.
Cast & Crew
- Grace Van Dien as Ella McPhee is a model who later becomes an important target in the worldwide quest for an effective universal antidote.
- Daniel Sharman as Eric O’Connors is the director of the Aethera’s research section and aims at monopolizing the distribution of the antidote.
- Keenan Arrison as Solomon, an Aethera employee, plus a whacking scientist — undertakes mammoth espionage to make a one-time cure.
- Tafara Nyatsanza as Tully, Ella’s boyfriend, and with him, the boy who indirectly sparked the whole series of events.
- Nicole Fortuin as Angela / Lazarus is a personal assistant to O’Connor and the Pow Group leader.
- Robyn Rossouw as Gina, a woman trusted by Ella and undertakes responsibilities of dressing her.
- Tina Redman as spider is a distributor and supplier of drug who also gets too drugs in search of cure.
- Clancy Brown as The Chairman is the head of Aethera and has complete authorities over the group including O’Connors.
- Caleb Payne as Max is O’Connors’ youngest boy who was also caught unavoidably within the mission of battle.
The producers for the film include Greig Buckle, Kelsey Egan, Allisson Friedman, Jeremy Walton and David Lynn. The music was created by Patrick Cannell, Sean Fourie and Michael Medhurst. The director of photography was Shaun Harley Lee while Richard Starkey was the editor. In terms of distribution, “The Fix” was a North American release produced by Crave Pictures and Enigma Pictures, with Gravitas Ventures as a distributor.
IMDb Ratings
According to updates from 608 user reviews, the rating of “The Fix” was three quarters of the way rough scoring of 4.5 on the page. Critics’ opinions about this movie are quite diverse; a good portion of the viewers praise its original approach to portrayal of dystopia but others complain about the levels of slowness as well as the development of the characters. The film’s ambitious story as well as its environmental message have been raised but there are differences in how it has been achieved.
Conclusion
As the film depicts the world’s dominance by multinational corporations and the desire to survive, “The Fix” makes the viewer think about such concepts such as autonomy, as well as the limits to which humanity can such concepts will do everything it takes to survive. This movie has several controversial reviews that range widely scale, “The Fix” is reasonable contribution to the science fiction genre as it emphasizes on the importance and relevance of the pressing concerns to the present day society within an imagined universe and provokes the viewer to envision the future consequences basing on the current environmental state and society’s behavior in general.
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