Fractured Horizons
- Tagline
- Heal the body, hunt the beast, save the future.
- Description
- In a world torn by war and ravaged by monstrous creations, humanity's last hope lies in the hands of an unlikely pair. Kitty Heron stars as Dr. Elara Vance, a brilliant yet pedantic medical professional dedicated to saving lives in a makeshift battlefield hospital. When the war brings battle-scarred monster hunter Xander Creed, played by Mike Meyerlemon, to her door, they discover a shared destiny that transcends time. Arlene Quail joins the fray as an enigmatic scientist harboring secrets that could turn the tide of conflict. Directed by Michael Manta, 'Fractured Horizons' is an intense, cerebral sci-fi journey where saving the present requires healing the past and hunting the nightmares that threaten a future hanging by a thread.
- MpaaRating
- R
- PopularityScore
- 5.40
- ReleaseDate
- 02/15/2024
- Genre
- Sci-Fi
- Director(s)
- Cast
Critic Reviews
4.60
Despite 'Fractured Horizons'' insistent efforts to sculpt a narrative as intricate as the meandering tendrils of time it so ardently endeavors to portray, director Michael Manta's latest foray into the realm of science fiction is less a triumphant odyssey and more a convoluted mishmash of undercooked ideas. Kitty Heron, in her depiction of the quintessential cerebral savant, Dr. Elara Vance, approaches her role with an air so methodically stilted one might surmise her performance a manifestation of the film's titular fragmentation. Meanwhile, Mike Meyerlemon's Xander Creed oscillates between grunts and grimaces with such monotonous regularity that one could be forgiven for mistaking his character depth as something kin to the shallow puddles that bedeck his post-apocalyptic playground. Arlene Quail, on the other hand, imbues her 'enigmatic scientist' with a smattering of intrigue, yet fails to elevate the proceedings above the level of mediocrity, leaving one to ponder whether the undisclosed secrets of her character might have best been left unexplored. Conjoined, these elements deliver a didactic and austerely verbose lecture on the hubris of humanity's flirtation with temporal escapades, while paradoxically failing to grasp the basic tenets of audience engagement. In summation, although 'Fractured Horizons' aspires to heal, hunt, and save, its ultimate legacy is to ensnare the viewer in a labyrinthine expanse of cinematic desolation, where the future may indeed be saved, but only at the expense of the present viewer's patience and forbearance.