The prodigy 2019
#THE PRODIGY 2019 SERIAL#
Suffice to say there’s a lethal connection between the weirdo dead serial killer and little Miles’ putrefying soul, which are in a battle for supremacy, may the best - or worst - entity win.
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That’s when all the jittery pieces start falling into place and, believe them or not - Sarah and John don’t until they do - give way to a twisty, sometimes predictable, other times startling downward spiral. It all leads Miles to be taken to see a friendly child psychologist (Paula Boudreau) who turns the clearly unnerving case over to a kind of reincarnation specialist (Colm Feore).
#THE PRODIGY 2019 SERIES#
Make of that what you will - for now.īy the time the angelic-looking Miles (Jackson Robert Scott) is 8, he’s the light of his parents’ life: a brilliant boy who started talking way early, crushed his placement tests (and the occasional insect), and now attends a school for gifted kids.īut, said paprika incident aside, the worm is turning - and turning fast - as a series of dire events unfold involving Miles and a booby-trapped staircase, a wayward plumber’s wrench and some sleep-talking that’s hardly the innocent mumbo-jumbo it may seem at first. Not incidentally, just minutes before Miles is born, a serial killer with a hand fetish (Paul Fauteaux) has been fatally gunned down by police. That is, until Sarah finally gives birth to Miles and all is perfect in the Blume household. (Dog lovers might give pause to this frightfest as well.)įor Sarah (Taylor Schilling from “Orange Is the New Black”) and John Blume (Peter Mooney), a happy, attractive couple living in suburban Philadelphia (Toronto and environs subbed), conceiving a child has proved elusive. It actually questions the wisdom, daresay the sanity, of bringing new life into the world, given the potential pitfalls that await, and whether, instincts be damned, parents must always protect their child over themselves.Įssentially, it’s a case of “Be careful what you wish for, you just might spawn a death machine.” Oh, and pass the popcorn. The film is an often deeply unsettling look at the very concept of parenting, one that goes beyond the typical terror tropes. That’s just one of the things that kicks off the crazy in “The Prodigy,” a tense and gripping, persuasively acted horror-thriller that evokes such evil-child flicks as “The Omen,” “The Exorcist,” “The Bad Seed” and “The Good Son,” while carving its own pulse-pounding, if inherently far-fetched niche in the process.Īnother warning: Moms and dads - prospective and newer - may want to think twice before shelling out for a ticket to this particular vision of hell. They may not simply be exhibiting signs of a refining palate, they could be “manifesting signs of a former life” - and not in a good way.
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Word to the wise: If your 8-year-old suddenly asks for paprika to season his or her food, you’d better watch out.