• Source: Ascendant (2021 film)

Ascendant, also known as Rising Wolf, is a 2021 Australian thriller film co-written and directed by Antaine Furlong.




Plot


Aria Wolf is trapped in an elevator while her father is held hostage by Russian gangsters. She comes to realise she has extraordinary abilities.




Cast


Charlotte Best as Aria Wolf
Jonny Pasvolsky as Richard Wolf
Alex Menglet as Yaroslav
Tahlia Sturzaker as Young Aria
Karelina Clarke as Young Zara
Susan Prior as Barbara Wolf
Andrew Jack as Dr Thompson
Lily Stewart as Zara Wolf
Elsa Cocquerel as Chrissy
George Burgess as Sergey
John Harding as Nikolay
Justin Cotta as Anton




Reception


On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 45% based on 11 reviews.
Writing in The Australian David Stratton gave it 2 stars stating "The film is likely to prove as great an ordeal for the audience as it is for its luckless heroine." The Canberra Times's Ron Cerabona gives it a 3 star review noting "while sometimes hard to follow and with some contrived or implausible elements, is impressively atmospheric, well made and well acted." In New Zealand's Waikato Times James Croot give it 2 stars and finishes "Visually impressive, this Australian production may well lead to bigger things for the clearly talented Furlong, but narratively, it's a barely coherent mess that feels like a desperate cinematic placeholder until the global movie industry gets back up to speed."
Writing in Variety Richard Kuipers says "Promising ideas turn out to be mostly empty thought bubbles in “Rising Wolf,” a confusing and derivative Aussie combo of hostage thriller and sci-fi fantasy." Austin Chronicle's Trace Sauveur gave it 1 1/2 stars saying "Rising Wolf gets so caught up in the idea of a supposed potential franchise that it forgets to make you care about the film you're currently watching."




Awards


11th AACTA Awards
AACTA Award for Best Sound - Angus Robertson, Peter Purcell, Phil Heywood, Scott Mulready - nominated




References






External links


Ascendant at IMDb

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