The Gift
The Gift
| 08 April 2010 (USA)
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Directed by Carl E. Rinsch, 'The Gift' was created as part of the "Parallel Lines" Phillips Cinema campaign. Set in a dystopian future Russia, The Gift is a sci-fi short that features a mysterious gift, a determined robot servant, and a tense chase sequence. More than 20 full CGI shots were produced for the short.

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Bardlerx

Strictly average movie

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Lucybespro

It is a performances centric movie

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Dirtylogy

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

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Blake Rivera

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

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Kirpianuscus

A film who gives to viewer all freedom to imagine what he want. few clues ( from Russia to the word "unicorn" and a robot's sacrifice, a mix of Sci. Fi and dialogues in Russian ) and a lot of misteries. seductive scenes . and nice run. a beautiful end. and nothing more. for many viewers, a dessapointment. for me, a bizarre film with nice details. and if you do not expect too much from this short film, it could work for you as a not bad , not memorable short film with references to the political murders from Russia history and futuristic but not useful for understand the plot characters. in fact, an iron box. and a word. a car accident and the decision of a servant robot, maybe, part of a conspiracy.

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mailtaka

This story is hard for me to understand. The detail that are not revealed in this story seems have to imagine myself. What is a unicorn? Why does the man who is run over by a bus kill an old man? Who is the child who gazes at the box? There are a lot of thought-provoking things in this movie.Also, the action scenes were exciting, The scene of a robot which drove a motorcycle while avoiding the police car was very cool! I also felt a realistic force by the scene that the robot was blown away by crushing the bike against police cars which were blocking a street. His partially destroyed face was very impressive.Even so, I wonder what was the unicorn. Because it could not be seen in this film, I'm interested in the beautiful contents of the box.

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missonigiri

Everyone desires the box - the mysteriously attractive box that, like the ring from The Lord of the Rings, make people attached to it even to the point of murdering. The short film takes place in a modern city where robots and 'traditional' human beings, like us, live together. One day, a man walks into the city carrying the box, and the scramble for the mystical box begins.When I watched it for the first time, I didn't really get the whole story. Though it seemed like it was something new to me and it was fascinating. For instance, the way the robot moves and their human-like yet still very inhuman and steady face expression immediately grabbed my attention. I, then, tried giving it a watch another few times and I came to appreciate the short more. Everyone is attracted to the box and tries to get it, but when they finally acquire it, it brings them death. It's a deadly box. After I got it, I particularly liked the ending: a boy staring at the box.

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curryandrice

The robot and the box may exist in the near future, but town exists in the present age. I think the director mismatched between the robot and the town. Who is the robot? I want to who the robot is and why does the robot steal the box.Why was everyone charmed by the box? It brings unhappiness. Will the boy pick up the box? I think the boy won't pick it up, but he will open the box. I'm interested in thinking about the end of the movie. This movie is short. I want to see a long version. I also got excited by the car action scene. The scene is powerful. The movie contains grotesque scenes. I like it, but there are a lot of people who don't like a grotesque scenes.

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