Settlers(2021)

IFC Films

1h 43m

Release Date: Jul 23, 2021 | Limited

Mankind's earliest settlers on the Martian frontier do what they must to survive the cosmic elements and each other.

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Original Release | Jul 23, 2021

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Box Office Results

Results

Opening Weekend US & Canada:
$13,045
Total US & Canada:
$29,183
Total International
$10,723
Total Worldwide:
$39,906

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Director & Top Cast

Wyatt Rockefeller
Director

Sofia Boutella
Ilsa

Ismael Cruz Cordova
Jerry

Brooklynn Prince
Younger Remmy

Nell Tiger Free
Older Remmy

Jonny Lee Miller
Reza

Natalie Walsh

Actor

Matthew Van Leeve

Male Stranger

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Technical Specifications

Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United Kingdom,South Africa

Language: English

Summaries

Plot Summary

A middle-aged Reza (Jonny Lee Miller) lives in a shuttle settlement in Mars with his wife, Ilsa (Sofia Boutella), and nine-year-old daughter, Remmy (Brooklynn Prince). Their small territory, inhabited by no one else, incorporates a poultry farm and a greenhouse garden, making them self-sufficient. Everything is perfectly mundane except their curious daughter Remmy who wants to explore the planet more. However, her mother prohibits any such actions.Remmy discovers the word "LEAVE" painted on their kitchen window pane that horrifies the family one dreadful morning. Reza and Ilsa's secretive conversation suggests that they have an idea about the mysterious warning, but they hold back the information from their daughter. Before anything prominent is offered, three khaki-dressed rangers attack the family. Reza successfully shoots them and leaves the settlement to finish the job but never returns.Ilsa and Remmy spend their days in a panic, waiting for Reza to come back. To their surprise, a strange ranger with a gun appears in their house and takes them hostage.The mysterious ranger who appeared in their house was Jerry (Ismael Cruz Córdova). The house belonged to his parents. Jerry accused Reza and Ilsa of murdering his parents and taking over his place.Ilsa finally confessed that they didn't kill his mother. She was already dead when they arrived at the settlement. They were inhabitants of Earth routed to some other planet, but their transport system broke off, and they had to land on this planet. Jerry's father took them in, but he pulled out a gun on her when he found out about Ilsa's pregnancy and their Earth connection. In self-defense, she slit his throat and started living under the same roof.Speculatively, Jerry killed Reza before he reached the house. He attempts to integrate into the family, demanding thirty days to prove himself to the surviving mother Ilsa and child daughter Remmy. Over time, Ilsa seems to warm to him, but after thirty days, Ilsa tries to shoot him. She fails as the magazine of the gun that Jerry intentionally left was empty, and Jerry kills her in the ensuing struggle. Remmy, who resents Jerry's presence, grows sullen and spends much of her time with "Steve", a pet-like robot found in a storage unit. During her visit to the edge of the settlement, Remmy discovered that the area is protected through a transparent glass-kind atmosphere. A metallic chamber was the only way in or out of the glass concave, but she needed an oxygen mask to survive without the suitable atmosphere.Years pass, and Remmy, now a young woman, remains sullen and almost completely silent around Jerry. Jerry convinced Remmy that they have everything available in the settlement. There were other things outside it, but now they were all gone. If she tried to move out, she would be dead in a day or two. But falling prey to her curiosity, Remmy wanted to visit the unexplored lands.Remmy couldn't emotionally afford to live with her parents' murderer. Additionally, Jerry was trying to seduce Remmy so that he could keep his race going with newborns. Initially, he started a relationship with Ilsa, but Remmy was his only option to carry on the lineage after she was gone. Jerry thought he had a responsibility to continue his race, but Remmy didn't want to take part in it. It became an apparent conflict between the two.Jerry burnt all oxygen masks so that no one dared to leave the settlement. But Remmy hid one in a trunk under her bed. When Jerry found out, he ties her to a bed and try to assault and rape her, but Remmy's precious robot Steve, blasts Jerry in the neck with its power-drilling attachment. Remmy frees herself and shoots Jerry with a gun and kills him for good.Through her expertise, Remmy rebuilds the Robot and makes an oxygen mask for herself. She hands over the settlement to the Robot and leaves. With the help of the underground chamber, Remmy walks to the other side of the atmosphere to explore new lands and meet new people if she survived the odds. (thanks to dmtalkies)

Storyline

A small family in a lonely outpost on Mars is attacked by bandits. One of the bandits, Jerry, survives and kills the family father. He attempts to integrate into the family, demanding thirty days to prove himself to the surviving mother Ilsa and child daughter Remmy. Over time, Ilsa seems to warm to him, but after thirty days, Ilsa tries to shoot him. She fails as the magazine of the gun that Jerry intentionally left was empty, and Jerry kills her in the ensuing struggle. Remmy, who resents Jerry's presence, grows sullen and spends much of her time with "Steve", a pet-like robot found in a storage unit. Remmy also discovers that their farm is within a large force field bubble that keeps breathable air inside. This makes clear that the bandits came from outside or another similarly shielded area. Years pass, and Remmy, now a young woman, remains sullen and almost completely silent around Jerry. They have an argument over whether to have a child, and Remmy decides to run away, but Jerry stops her from doing so. He ties her up and attempts to rape her, but Steve blasts Jerry in the neck with its power-drilling attachment. Remmy frees herself and kills Jerry. Now alone, she decides to depart, leaving Steve to tend the outpost.