Plot

“Lumina” follows Alex, whose relationship with his dream girl Tatiana ends in a flash of blinding light. Completely traumatized by the situation, Alex desperately sets off with his friends and conspiracy theorists to discover what really happened to his girlfriend. While traveling through the desert, Alex and his friends are faced with the unexpected, pushing the group to fight for their lives.

Lumina Details: Lumina (2024) Movie Review: What is the Lumina movie about?

• Director: Gino McKoy
• Writer: Gino McKoy
• Stars: Eric RobertsEmily HallAndrea Tivadar
• Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
• Countries of Origin: Canada, United States
• Language: English
• Filming Locations: Marrakech, Morocco(Hotel)
• Production Company: Goldove Entertainment
• Time: 2 hours

About: Lumina (2024) Movie Review: What is the Lumina movie about?

Lumina is a low-budget film with uneven goals that is essentially a paranoid thriller about extraterrestrial abduction, seemingly inventing its rules, characters, plot, and objectives along the way. In one instant, our brave heroes are being followed by enigmatic government officials; in the next, our group of extraterrestrial hunters are amicably picking out new clothes at a department store before boarding a plane to travel from California to Morocco. That straightforward chain of events has so many gaps in it that a whole review could likely be devoted to filling them.

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Lumina is a low-budget film with uneven goals that is essentially a paranoid thriller about extraterrestrial abduction, seemingly inventing its rules, characters, plot, and objectives along the way. In one instant, our brave heroes are being followed by enigmatic government officials; in the next, our group of extraterrestrial hunters are amicably picking out new clothes at a department store before boarding a plane to travel from California to Morocco. That straightforward chain of events has so many gaps in it that a whole review could likely be devoted to filling them.

Though most of the plot consists of four persons standing or sitting around discussing all the things to worry about in their situation, Gino McKoy’s film doesn’t pause to ponder such fundamental logic. Sure, they talk about music while traveling through Morocco in an RV, they argue about relationships whenever they have the chance, and they do have that odd conversation about the style of a brightly colored dress while preparing to go undercover, but mostly, the conversation centers on Tatiana’s (Eleanor Williams) mysterious disappearance, which will undoubtedly stick in the mind of anyone who watches the film for days.

Instead of creating an engaging character, Lumina’s first cardinal error is to make the protagonist more interesting by flirting with her new girlfriend. The main character, Alex, is so mediocre that his financial resources are the only reason he has friends. Even his attire is a mystery; he shows his desperation and missed chance to have sex with his attractive girlfriend by dressing in business casual for a home party and then changing into an unzipped black hoodie without a shirt. Shame that said girlfriend believes Delilah poses a threat and is sincerely in love with him for mysterious reasons. And then there was Sir Anthony Hopkins, who was unable to perform through his false, thick facial hair. 

McKoy’s main goals seem to be melodrama despite all of the planning, which involves that global search for answers and its inevitable journey to an alien world (which is revealed in the prologue, by the way). Alex is so distraught that he will occasionally cry out Tatiana’s name, and at least there is a common element of overacting in all of the performances.

By the way, Patricia is the main character, though a scene in the third act makes you wonder if McKoy realized that while producing a long action scene on the set, which used up much of the cash. George (Ken Lawson), the fourth member of the group of alien searchers, arrives to provide some background information and remains to provide tense comic relief.

The only other significant characters are the grunting Sonny (Ait ben Azzouz Brahim) and the enigmatic Cher (Emily Hall), who hang around in the Moroccan desert in hopes of being kidnapped by aliens again, and Thom (Eric Roberts), who worked on a covert government program to reverse-engineer extraterrestrial technology. It’s unclear what their other motivation is in this instance, though it would be more interesting to learn how one RV can blow up like this.

⭐ People Reviews ⭐

Lumina lands hard. Its aspirations are high, but they are also nearly always derailed by cheap visual effects that are more annoying than the consistently lackluster performances that are immersive.

You’re going to walk out of the movie feeling bewildered, let down, and wishing you had spent the last two hours doing just about anything else if your expectations aren’t realistically high and you’re looking for an engaging alien abduction tale.

Lumina has some interesting concepts, but their inconsistent implementation does not do them justice.

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ADR, poor editing, missing scenes, and an unclear plot imply that Lumina should have had more time in production before its premiere.

A potential candidate for inclusion in The Worst Movies of All Time, this science fiction thriller appears sincere but, thanks to subpar acting, effects, screenplay, and more, is utterly ridiculous.

Keep it out of your mind. After all, none of the people in the film did.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Q.1 When was Lumina Released?

Ans. May 19, 2023.

Q.2 Who Stars in Lumina?

Ans. Eric Roberts, Emily Hall, and Andrea Tivadar.

Q.3 Who Wrote Lumina?

Ans. Gino McKoy.

Q.4 Who Directed Lumina?

Ans. Gino McKoy.

Q.5 Who was the Composer for Lumina?

Ans. Gino McKoy and Matthew Sargent.

Q.6 Who was the Producer of Lumina?

Ans. Gino McKoy, Hudson McKoy, and Lynda McKoy.

Q.7 Who was the Executive Producer of Lumina?

Ans. Ahmed Abounouom.

Q.8 Who was the Cinematographer for Lumina?

Ans. Larry Smith and Raquel Gallego.

Q.9 Who was the Editor of Lumina?

Ans. Thom Noble.

Q.10 What is the Plot of Lumina?

An. An unplanned trip goes wrong.