Movies: Higher Power

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[The Crypto Guy]

I literally have no idea wtf is going on in that..

 

[beowulf]

From what I gather the Earth is in danger and a shady government type dude (Feore) forces this average guy to "evolve" thanks to some serum or something into a being with powers that might save the planet.

edit: I posted it because it supposedly was well received on the festival circuit.

 

[Flukeshot]

Sounds a fair bit like The Titan... which was horrible.

 

[beowulf]

Sounds a fair bit like The Titan... which was horrible.

In this one the guy turns almost into a god like being not just an evolution of man. This is the tag line

When the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test subject of a maniacal scientist in a battle that could save the world, or destroy it.




The Gizmodo article is also why I got interested in it. The director is known for his visual effects work on a number of comic book and sci fi movies (300 and X-Men in particular) this is his first time directing he also co-wrote the script and did the visuals on the movie which is why it supposedly only cost $500K to make. https://io9.gizmodo.com/higher-powers-first-trailer-proves-that-stunning-superh-1823885267

As a deadly burst of “gamma radiation” hurtles towards the Earth from outer space, the world’s greatest minds scramble to figure out a solution to save humankind. Though it at first seems as if the planet’s due for destruction, everyman Joe Stedman begins to realize that he may have the power to stop the radiation after he’s experimented on by an unhinged scientist who gives him a suite of mind-bending abilities that become stronger the angrier he gets.

At first, Joe demonstrates enhanced strength and a variety of energy-casting powers but as time goes on, he begins to evolve into something less physical and human and more abstract and god-like. While Higher Power’s premise might not be the most ground-breaking (it’s clearly influenced by things like Akira and Chronicle), it’s astounding when you bear in mind that the film cost about $500,000 to make.

 

[RobBrown4PM]

Just watch End of Evangelion. Super duper shady shadow organization manipulate the world's government's, and one 14 year old boy with massive depression, into causing the Apocalypse and killing everyone on the planet.