The Vast Of Night (2020) Review

This film recently hit Amazon Prime and I have now had the chance to watch The Vast Of Night and here is my review for it. The premise of the film is set in the 1950's and sees two people discover a mystery signal that could change the town and the world. 

Main Character

Sierra McCormick and Jake Horowitz play the two leads and they are okay. They have some decent chemistry together which is nice to see, but it is clear to see that both of these performers have not done too much yet. It doesn't help that their characters are given no development whatsoever and I did find it hard to care about them as the film really gives you no reason too. 

Supporting Characters

This part will be very brief as there aren't really any supporting characters here at all. There are some people that appear but none of them are important and again they offer nothing to this film. 

Story

The story has an interesting investigation to it, you are wondering along with the characters what exactly is going on here and what is the mystery here. But it takes so long to get the plot going that you might not even care by that point, and as I mentioned before the characters aren't given anything to work with in terms of making them interesting. 

Script

The script has its moments there is some nice banter between the main two characters but that is about it. The drama doesn't work nor does the humour and there chemistry really carries this script to mediocrity. 

Style

The style of the film is unique, for a first time director I was impressed by some of the techniques used here as they stood out. I also liked how it looks like an old film and doesn't try and make it look modern which was a good choice here. But possibly the biggest criticism here is just how slow this film is and how long it takes to get going, it goes at a snails pace, it also makes scenes last way longer then it should and it just takes you out of it. 

Overall

Overall, this is a below average mystery film that didn't quite work for me. If you are a fan of the older Twilight Zone episodes you might like this but I wasn't a huge fan of this one.

Rating - 4/10