Box Office
Flop · 0.0xBudget$4M
Worldwide Gross$22.8K
Prospect earns a low 1/10 woke score as pure, apolitical sci-fi survival storytelling with zero identity politics or social messaging—just grounded character conflict and frontier grit.
Prospect is a low-budget 2018 sci-fi survival tale centered on a father-daughter prospecting team harvesting biological gems on a poisonous alien moon, where a malfunction leads to conflicts with rival mercenaries and a tense alliance for escape.
The core narrative follows Cee (Sophie Thatcher) in a classic coming-of-age arc amid greed, betrayal, and harsh conditions, with no elements of identity politics, systemic oppression critiques, or gender/sexuality framing. Casting features Sophie Thatcher as the resourceful teenage protagonist Cee, Jay Duplass as her father Damon, and Pedro Pascal as the pragmatic rogue Ezra, alongside supporting actors like Andre Royo and Sheila Vand; diversity appears organic to the indie production rather than mandated or thematically foregrounded.
Directors Zeek Earl and Chris Caldwell emphasize tactile world-building, character negotiations, and frontier-style human conflict in interviews and production notes, with no statements on activism or challenging norms. Reception highlights its grounded Western-inspired storytelling and character focus, with no controversies, review-bombing, or audience pushback labeling it woke; Common Sense Media notes incidental age/gender representation but praises pragmatic survival themes without ideological overlay.
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