2018 Short Film: Recursion

• Directed by Caden Butera
• Written by Caden Butera
• Stars Bonni Dichone, John Gessner, Steve Lloyd
• Run Time: 10 Minutes
• Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUEwiqbRGwk

What Happens

We open on the spaceship Iris, which is planning to mine resources from an uninhabited planet. There’s a storm, so a couple of guys have to land manually to put down landing beacons for the main ship. Once they get down there, they find that this uninhabited planet may not be completely uninhabited after all. 

Commentary

Someone watched the original “Alien” too many times– not that that’s a bad thing. They took a lot of what made “Alien” great and made a whole new story with much of the same look and mood. The ending is a little confusing until you remember the name of the film. “Oh, I see!”