While Brad Anderson, director of “Session 9” and “The Machinist,” certainly has his champions, we’re fairly lukewarm on the director and this first look at his latest film “Vanishing On 7th Street” is doing little to sway our opinion.
Starring Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo, the film follows the survivors of a world-wide blackout that causes countless populations to mysteriously vanish. The interesting twist of sorts here is that the survivors are told to stay by light source whenever possible, a tricky proposition considering that daylight seems to be in limited supply.
The film will debut at next month’s Toronto International Film Festival. Take a look at the full synopsis and trailer after the jump. [STYD]
It starts with a power outage. Where once stood living beings are now piles of discarded clothes. The once sunny city is shrouded in blackness. Shadows creep across every surface and whispers echo in the empty streets. Is it some form of enemy attack or a swift judgment from the divine? Each passing day contains fewer daylight hours, and only those who cling to some other form of light can escape the encroaching darkness. A small group of survivors congregate in an old bar powered by a gas generator. Luke (Hayden Christensen) is a slick TV anchor forced to live by his wits. Paul (John Leguizamo) is a lonely projectionist working in a multiplex theatre. Rosemary (Thandie Newton) is a distraught mother whose baby is missing, and James (Jacob Latimore) is a shotgun-toting kid waiting for his mother to return. With their light sources slowly dying, they must find alternative illumination and a way out of the city. Overcome with paranoia and fear, the group struggles to understand the events that have brought them together.
