Elevation (Director's Cut)

Three years before the events of the film, mysterious apex predators known as Reapers emerged from sinkholes underground, exterminating most of humanity. The survivors now live in isolated communities situated 8,000 feet or more above sea level-altitudes that the creatures do not reach.

One such community is Lost Gulch Refuge in the Front Range of Colorado, where a single father named Will resides with his son, Hunter, who suffers from a lung disease. Will is haunted by the memory of his wife, Tara, who was killed by Reapers during an expedition with Nina, a former scientist, to identify the creatures' weaknesses. After months of isolation, Hunter grows increasingly frustrated; neighboring communities have turned off their radios to conserve electricity and now communicate using flags. Will discovers that he is running low on oxygen filters for Hunter. Despite Nina's warnings, Will convinces her to accompany him on a journey to Boulder, Colorado, in search of more filters and a way to kill the Reapers.

Review from Variety

Making his fourth directorial feature after contributing to the screenplays of “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Ocean’s Twelve,” among others, Nolfi maximizes medium-scale resources to give “Elevation” a fairly expansive feel. Cinematographer Shelly Johnson takes full widescreen advantage of the magnificent Colorado scenery, while visual effects supervisor Nathan McGuinness’ nasty four-legged nemeses are seen enough to satisfy, albeit mostly held in eye-blink reserve by editor Joel Viertel. H. Scott Salinas’ big orchestral score also helps pump up a movie whose global-crisis premise is somewhat belied by the relative modesty of onscreen spectacle.

Read the rest of the review from Dennis Harvey here...