LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: "Friends are the family you choose for yourself"- we often hear this phrase but in most tales, writers often fail to make the audience experience or realize it. However, Disney+ has come up with a new science fiction that stands out to bring out the purity of childhood friendship between a group of five. 'Crater' is a coming-of-age science fiction adventure film directed by Kyle Patrick Alvarez from a screenplay by John Griffin while the story is written by Griffin and Rpin Suwannath. It stars Isaiah Russell-Bailey, Mckenna Grace, Billy Barratt, Orson Hong, Thomas Boyce, and Scott Mescudi. Unlike other sci-fi movies like: 'Inception,' and 'Interstellar,' 'Crater' has managed to bring out a brighter side of science fiction without making it boring or confusing. Read more to find out about the Kyle Patrick Alvarez-helmed movie.
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Escape the cycle
'Crater' (Isaiah Russell-Bailey) doesn't shy away from the fact that this isn't a temporary goodbye for Caleb and that he will never see his friends again once he gets on that ship. The colony on the moon is built on the labor of the working class, and the rules they must abide by are the kind of rules that trap people so they can't ever get out. Work for twenty years, and you get a ticket to the new planet, but they add time for everything, like being late or getting sick. Even worse, if you die before you complete your time, it is inherited by your children, like some blood debt. It is shocking how dark all of this is, and there is an excellent and deep science fiction movie somewhere in here that really explores carrying the weight of your family and knowing you might never escape this cycle.
Generational trauma affects Gen Zs
'Crater' is uniquely interesting in how it is very much a movie aimed at Gen Z that seems to speak to concerns and fears they have. 'Crater' has quite a bit of noted commentary about class, as it is established everyone who works on the lunar colony should, in theory, be able to go to Omega after working 20 years. But the strict contract means that anyone who misses a day of work, is sick or slows down production can have more time added to their service, and it can also be passed down generations. So the kids in 'Crater' are starting their lives working off the time their parents had before even starting their own, effectively making this a life they can never escape from. This brings to mind the idea of debt and notions of generational traumas, fears, and anxieties many kids today face, as they have been born into a world of constant global conflicts and recessions and even spent a good part of their adolescence inside due to a global pandemic.