Bill Nighy narrates a cosmic plumbing disaster. Wheatley goes full weird.
When an over zealous scientist pushes his experiments with string theory too far, his brane explodes. That's "brane", not "brain", meaning someone has to sort out the mess he has created. Corey Harlan is sent in – kicking and screaming – to find the heart of the brane and its creator.
Direction
Wheatley doing sci-fi? Expect the unexpected
Sound
Bill Nighy's voice doing heavy lifting as cosmic narrator
Production
91 minutes of what-the-hell-is-happening worldbuilding
Director
Ben Wheatley
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Wheatley reportedly wrote this after a Wikipedia spiral on string theory that lasted three days. The 'brane' vs 'brain' confusion in the marketing is 100% intentional.
This reunites Sam Riley with Noah Taylor 15 years after 'Control' — here they play men destroyed by obsession, but one by physics instead of music.
GB
