Briefly describe the high-concept premise (the world being restricted to below 8,000 feet).
Discuss the "Kill Zone" and how the geographical limitations dictate human behavior and societal structure.
Discuss how the tension scales as the characters move higher. Comparison: Briefly describe the high-concept premise (the world being
Contrast Will’s desperate, emotion-driven mission with the more pragmatic or scientific approach of his companions. IV. Body Paragraph 3: Symbolism of Height and Depth
You might briefly compare it to other "limited-environment" survival films like A Quiet Place Is it just a physical journey, or does
Analyze what "going up" represents in the film. Is it just a physical journey, or does it symbolize a return to human dominance and the reclamation of the world? V. Conclusion Restate Thesis:
Examining the "monsters" or the cause of the world's state as a commentary on environmental or scientific consequences. 2. Essay Structure I. Introduction Is it just a physical journey
Introduce the film's setting and the immediate stakes (the protagonist's sick son). Thesis Statement:
Indiana 1987. Charged with a murder he can’t remember, in the midst of heroin withdrawal, Pike Ables must make a decision now: Go to jail, or flee the country! His only hope, his younger brother Jack, a soon-to-be father and respected psychiatrist. With no food, drugs or weapons, the brothers embark on a journey that will test the meaning of love, family, forgiveness and life or death. Sometimes things aren’t what they seem as the brothers must navigate out of the darkness, into the light and escape before they are caught and someone else dies….
