Z-View: “Into the Night”
Into the Night (2020)
Director: Inti Calfat andDirk Verheye
Screenplay: Jason George (based on the book by Jacek Dukaj)
Stars: Pauline Etienne, Laurent Capelluto, Stefano Cassetti and Mehmet Kurtulus.
The Pitch: “Let’s turn Jacek Dukaj’s novel into a movie!”
No Tagline: The Darkest Hour is Just Before the Dawn
The Overview: Beware of Spoilers…
In the early morning hours just before dawn, passengers have just started to board an airplane when a wild-eyed, armed man fights his way into the cockpit. He forces the pilot to take off and then shares his story with the few passengers. The sun’s rays have somehow changed and are causing death. Of course no one believes him until they begin to hear reports from around the globe of the mass extinction that comes with the new day.
Their only hope for survival is to fly into the night… but then what? Fuel will only take them so far. Getting into shade won’t save them. The different personalities and ideas for survival make Into the Night a fun ride. Like all good apocalyptic movies, a group of strangers are thrust into a situation where in order to survive they must work together and make the right choices.
Into the Night has an interesting cast of characters and because there are no big name stars, any of them are likely to not survive. There are plenty of twists as each of the six first season episodes takes us further into the mystery and hope for survival. My wife and I binged the six forty minute episodes in one sitting. I look forward to season 2.