Slingshot
Directed by Mikael Hafstrom
Written by R. Scott Adams, Nathan Parker
Starring Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Emily Beecham, Tomer Capone
Release Date August 30th, 2024
Published September 3rd, 2024
Slingshot stars Casey Affleck as John, an astronaut who has earned the chance to travel to the farthest reaches of space. With his crewmates, Captain Franks (Laurence Fishburne), and Nash (Tomer Capone), he’s traveling to Titan. It’s a dangerous multi-year mission that includes a maneuver around a distant planet called ‘The Slingshot’ that will either send the crew to Titan or doom them to a slow, agonizing death in deep space. Needless to say, this is a mission that requires focus and mental fortitude.
The crew will spend a long portion of this mission in hibernation. They will sleep their way to Titan under heavy sedation. Unfortunately, the sleep medications come with some potentially harsh side effects. One of those side effects is vivid hallucinations and John is certainly suffering from those. Before leaving for his mission, John met and fell in love with Zoe (Emily Beecham). The connection was so deep and intense that John might have considered giving up his mission to stay with her. Obviously that didn’t happen but it has led to him thinking that he sees Zoe on the ship and hears her voice in the halls.
Find my full length review at Geeks.Media, linked here.
