Eden (2014 Spanish film)

Eden
Directed by Shyam Madiraju
Produced by Jaume Collet-Serra
Shyam Madiraju
Nate Parker
Hernany Perla
Juan Sola
Screenplay by Mark Mavrothalasitis
Story by Nate Parker
Starring Nate Parker
Ethan Peck
Jessica Lowndes
Diego Boneta
James Remar
Sung Kang
Music by José Villalobos
Cinematography Khalid Mohtaseb
Edited by Todd E. Miller
Sean Valla
Distributed by Voltage Pictures
Release dates
  • 19 November 2014 (2014-11-19)
Running time
 97 minutes
Country Spain

Eden is the feature film debut for commercial director Shyam Madiraju.[1] The film stars Ethan Peck, Nate Parker, Jessica Lowndes, Diego Boneta, James Remar, and Sung Kang.[2]

Plot

The story is about a United States men's national soccer team plane that crashes off an uninhabited Malaysian tropical island after a FIFA World Cup match.[1] As the survivors fight for resources, they undergo psychological transformation in their desperate state.[3] Slim (Nate Parker) and Andreas (Ethan Peck) lead rival factions in the aftermath of the crash.[3] Conflict between factions intensifies as the parties struggle to survive.[4]

Production

Parker presented the idea to Hernany Perla at Lionsgate Films. The two collaborated on the idea until Parker's agents at the William Morris Endeavor sought Mark Mavrothalasitis to write a screenplay.[5] Parker directed a teaser in order to seek funding for the film prior to June 2013 when Ethan Peck, Diego Boneta and Nate Parker were attached to the project.[5] The North American distribution rights were acquired by Vertical Entertainment in February 2015.[2] Voltage Pictures handled international distribution rights at the 2015 Berlin Film Festival.[2]

Critical review

The film was met with limited negative reviews. As of February 2016, the film does not have an official score at Metacritic because 4 reviews are required. Both of the film's Metacritic reviewers (Michael Rechtshaffen of Los Angeles Times and Chris Packham of The Village Voice) gave the film a 30 score out of 100.[6] Nick Schager of Film Journal International used terms like "insufferable", "third-rate" and "hellish" to summarize the film and described its actors as "lousy".[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Rechtshaffen, Michael (2015-09-17). "Review Best to vote the hackneyed 'Eden' off the island". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  2. 1 2 3 McNary, Dave (2015-02-05). "Berlin: Vertical Buys Ethan Peck-Nate Parker’s Thriller ‘Eden’". Variety. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  3. 1 2 Packham, Chris. "Eden (2014-II) (R)". Village Voice. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  4. ↑ Obenson, Tambay A. (2015-02-05). "Berlin: Nate Parker's 'Lord Of The Flies'-esque Thriller + Antoine Fuqua's 'The Man Who Made it Snow' Picked Up". Indiewire. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  5. 1 2 Kit, Borys (2013-06-27). "Ethan Peck, Diego Boneta, Nate Parker to Star in Survival Thriller 'Eden' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  6. ↑ "Eden". Metacritic. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
  7. ↑ Schager, Nick (2015-09-14). "Film Review: Eden". Film Journal International. Retrieved 2016-02-16.

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