Hig (Jacob Elordi), is a mechanic and together with his trusty German Shepherd Jasper, flies regular supply runs to Denver in an old repaired Cessna light aircraft. Based at an abandoned small airfield in Erie, Colorado, which he shares with Bangley (Josh Brolin). He travels more than is necessary as the city was his home with his now deceased wife and infant. They are still constantly on his mind and these visits to his old family house is his only solace in this otherwise unrecognisable empty world.
Bangley is extremely comfortable with this arrangement, as together with a good supply of food and drink, they are well armed against gangs of violent roaming scavengers that periodically come through their location. However, Hig is constantly scanning the radio waves, in hope of finding something better. Maybe a bigger community, like the group of self sufficient Mennonites that live in a lush valley a few miles away that he often drops in on on his way back from Denver. It might feel more like living again rather than just surviving. One day he decides he has to go and loads up enough supplies, takes Jasper and flies off.
This really looks like Ridley Scott has watched a few episodes of 'The Last of Us' and/or 'The Walking Dead' and thought "I'm going to do a feature film in that genre". As a result, this feels just like an extended but much less interesting episode of one of those shows. There are fairly ok performances by everyone that includes Guy Pearce and Margaret Qualley as a father and daughter Hig lands near when his plane has some minor issues. But just like lots of Mr Scott's recent offerings, the script is quite poor so heavily relies on the visuals. Which here are various panoramas of the Rocky Mountains and shot mostly from the air, look breathtaking on the big screen. But otherwise this, just under two hour story is a very mediocre effort.
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