Lumina (film)

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Lumina
Lumina film poster.png
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Gino J.H. McKoy
Screenplay byGino J.H. McKoy
Produced by
  • Gino J.H. McKoy
  • Lynda McKoy
  • David Seychell
  • Hudson McKoy
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by Thom Noble
Music byGino J.H. McKoy
Matthew Sargent
Production
companies
  • Luminamovie LLC
  • Goldove Entertainment
Distributed byGoldove
Release date
  • July 12, 2024 (2024-07-12)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages
  • English
  • French
  • Arabic

Lumina is a 2024 American science fiction horror film written and directed by Gino J.H. McKoy. [1] [2] [3] The film was re-released on September 20, 2024, after an initial release in July 2024. [4]

Contents

The film is produced by Gino J.H. McKoy, Lynda McKoy, David Seychell, and Hudson McKoy. [5] The production's editor is Thom Noble. [5]

Plot

Lumina narrates the story of Alex, whose girlfriend Tatiana disappears suddenly in a flash of a blinding light. Completely traumatized by the situation, Alex, along with his friends and a conspiracy theorist, embarks on a journey through a desert, during which they encounter unexpected challenges that compel them to fight for their lives and discover the truth that will change their lives.

Cast

Production

Preproduction

In 2020, SAG-AFTRA instructed its members to avoid working on the film Lumina, which allegedly failed to comply with required COVID-19 safety standards as per the union's Global Rule One, making it one of the few movies to proceed without union support. [9] [10] [11]

Filming

Lumina was filmed in Marrakesh, Ouarzazate, Agafay, and the Atlas Mountains areas of Morocco. [12] The sci-fi sets were built at the CLA studios in Ouarzazate. [11] Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the production was able to navigate the obstacles and proceed with filming. [13]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 0% of 17 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 2.2/10. [14] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 6 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike". [15]

Brian Tallerico of RogerEbert.com gave the film zero out of four stars and wrote, "There are bad movies, there are really bad movies, and then there's Lumina, a film so breathtaking in its overall incompetence that one starts to wonder if it's not intentionally so in the hope of being the next The Room or Birdemic . How else to explain some of the laughable shot choices, inconsistent characters, nonsensical plotting, and dialogue that sounds like it was either produced by A.I. or Google Translate of a script written in another language?" [16]

Michael Nordine of Variety also gave the film a negative review, writing, "Its ambitions are lofty, but they're also undermined at nearly every turn by chintzy visual effects that prove more distracting than immersive and uniformly wooden performances. It wants to be a space opera but is closer to a soap opera, albeit one that would air on Syfy rather than CBS." [17]

Kecia Gayle of Hollywood Unlocked praised the movie and wrote "this is the movie many critics claim is the new cult classic on the block. There's no exaggeration there because it really punches way above its weight". [18]

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  10. ↑ "Over the Weekend 12/14/20: SAG-AFTRA Shuts Down Lumina and More News | Below the Line". December 14, 2020.
  11. 1 2 "Maroc/Cinéma : L'histoire du tournage du film Lumina tourné à Ourzazate, est en lui même un épisode relevant de la fiction". Maghreb Observateur. June 23, 2023.
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  13. ↑ "Cinéma: Les productions étrangères reprennent à Marrakech". L'Économiste . February 28, 2021.
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