Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.
Direction
Trank's found-footage conceit actually justifies itself, mostly.
Acting
Dane DeHaan's trembling rage is genuinely uncomfortable.
Practical Effects
Flying scenes shot with ground rigs, not green voids.
Director
Josh Trank
Dane DeHaan
Andrew Detmer
Alex Russell
Matt Garetty
Michael B. Jordan
Steve Montgomery
Michael Kelly
Richard Detmer
Ashley Hinshaw
Casey Letter
Bo Petersen
Karen Detmer
Anna Wood
Monica
Rudi Malcolm
Wayne
Luke Tyler
Sean
Crystal-Donna Roberts
Samantha
Adrian Collins
Costly
Grant Powell
Howard
Armand Aucamp
Austin
Nicole Bailey
Cala
Lynita Crofford
Casey's Mom
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The floating teddy bear shot was accomplished with a simple wire rig and fan, not CGI. Trank storyboarded the entire film before writing the script.
This film killed the found-footage superhero boom it started; Trank's subsequent Fantastic Four implosion became Hollywood legend. The 'I'm an apex predator' line became instant cringe canon.
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