Resolution

2013 1h 33m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 490

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Synopsis

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A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Peter Cilella
Michael Danube
Vinny Curran
Chris Daniels
Zahn McClarnon
Charles
Bill Oberst Jr.
Byron
Emily Montague
Jennifer Danube
Kurt David Anderson
Billy
Skyler Meacham
Micah
Josh Higgins
Ted Tellensworth

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Aaron Moorhead
Writers: Justin Benson
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 5

ERA

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Released 13 years ago.

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2 / 5

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Aaron Moorhead, shot by Aaron Moorhead. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 5

DIRECTOR

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Editor Justin Benson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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4 / 5

CAST

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Peter Cilella and Vinny Curran and Zahn McClarnon carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1977895 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Aaron Moorhead directs. Aaron Moorhead behind the camera. Justin Benson cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 13 years ago.
2Directed by Aaron Moorhead, shot by Aaron Moorhead. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Editor Justin Benson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Peter Cilella and Vinny Curran and Zahn McClarnon carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt1977895 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Classified under 11 themes, including "friendship", "fire", "cave", "cabin".

The technical file

Cinematography: Aaron Moorhead
Editing: Justin Benson
Production design: Melissa Lyon
Makeup / hair: Branwyne
Runtime: 93 min · 1h 33m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Resolution (2013)

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tmdb280390232022-08-27
★ 5/10
Resolution is, for lack of a better term, a neolovecraftian film, relying more on personal conflict and atmosphere than on 'jump scares' or visual effects, developing an absorbing, character-driven plot along the way. Inside a dilapidated house we witness the tug-of-war between Michael (Peter Cilella), who wants to 'save' drug addicted Chris (Vinny Curran), and Chris, who doesn't want to be saved and thinks, not without reason, that Michael’s motives are selfish. This is all very good stuff, even if Curran is too plump to be an addict, and what he undergoes isn't so much withdrawal as irritation at Michael. Outside the house, which Michael soon discovers is on a Native American reserve, there is quite a fauna of quirky characters who range from baffling but harmless to outwardly laughable but nonetheless dangerous. In the lovecraftian tradition, Michael is the level-headed hero, coming from an orderly and practical world, who inadvertently crosses an invisible border into a place where the abnormal and the subhuman are the norm rather than the exception. Michael finds strange documents in the land surrounding the house; texts, photos, and videos that recount ominous past events and contain foreboding omens for the near future. Directors Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson (who also wrote the screenplay) give the found footage technique one of the best uses I've ever seen, because here we actually see someone finding the footage and reacting to it, while we in turn react to his reaction. I find this a more effective approach than just showing us the supposed footage directly, which always seems incomplete by accident as opposed to by design. The problem with this film – and it’s a doozy if, like me, you set a lot of store by a movie’s aftertaste – is that the makers are more popish than the Pope; or, in this case, more lovecraftian than Lovecraft. HPL’s brand of cosmic indifferentism works better on paper than it does on the screen, because mood, after all, can only take you so far audio-visually – and the mood Resolution leaves you in is of the foul variety, thanks to the obligatory, anticlimactic, intelligence-insulting final shot suggesting that the evil will continue. I’m not saying a happy ending should have been in order, but I do wonder, is it too much to ask of a movie called Resolution to have a conclusion wherein the conflict is, you know, resolved? And the worst part is that this film already had a perfectly cathartic denouement before that last shot that is the equivalent of giving the audience a giant middle finger.
Sierbahnn2026-05-27
★ 7/10
This is quite brilliant If I had seen this as a stand-alone movie I would probably have thought it was intriguing and engaging, but if you watch it as a prequel and setup to The Endless (2017) then it enhances the story of THIS movie to the point of quiet brilliance. The characters are working well, the acting is solid, and the worldbuilding (if limited, whereas The Endless expands on it) is really spooky. It is highly recommended, and if you watch The Endless after seeing this movie, then you will enjoy that one more too.