The Retrieval
Short description
Set during the American Civil War, this historical drama follows a young boy working for a group of bounty hunters. He is sent north to locate and capture a wanted man. While the boy initially attempts to gain the fugitive's trust to return him to the south, their journey together leads to an unexpected bond. As they travel through the dangers of the war, the youth faces a moral struggle between his loyalty to the hunters and his growing feelings for the man he was sent to retrieve.
Written and directed by Chris Eska, the film features a cast including Ashton Sanders, Tishuan Scott, Keston John, Christine Horn, Alfonso Freeman, and Raven Ledeatte. Produced by Arts+Labor, Sixth Street Films, and Doki-Doki Productions in the United States, the movie has a runtime of 92 minutes.
The film is generally well-received by audiences and reviewers. It holds a rating of 6.6/10 on IMDb based on 2,800 votes and 6.4/10 on TMDB from 54 votes. Film critics gave the movie a higher score of 7.8/10 across 29 reviews, indicating a more positive reception among professional critics than among general viewers.
What's left behind the scenes
- As director Chris Eska explained in the DVD commentary, the flashes of cannon fire at the beginning of the film are special effects. In reality, the flashes would have preceded the sounds of the shots by several seconds, but when this pause was inserted into the film, the impression was very strange, so the authors decided to combine the flashes with the sound of the shots. Sound travels through the air at just over 1.5 kilometers per 5 seconds, the cannons were located approximately 5 kilometers from the scene, so in reality the pause between the flash of the shot and the sound would have reached about 15 seconds.
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