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So, first off this movie is seriously underrated. Luckily I also have read the few good reviews instead of merely relying on the negative rants. Thus I decided to add my own review.

Apparently most reviewers object to the lack of action (think carnage) they expect in a sci-fi movie.

Many others are also put off by the indeed absurd "Beyond the Trek" title.

I've found it under the original title (Teleios) which was intriguing to me as I didn't know the meaning of the word yet.

This is deep science fiction for humanists. There is some action, violence and fight scenes but they are means to an end, not just to entertain bloodthirsty audiences.

We watch a crew of highly evolved humans - as they have been genetically engineered to be perfect. The mission goal seems to be straightforward and beneficial to humanity on top of it: rescue the valuable cargo from a mining ship.

Yet the longer the movie goes the more we realize that things are not as obvious as they seem.

The lone survivor and his android do not offer simple explanations so we wait until the story unfolds bit by bit.

This is a very sophisticated movie with great costume design and high level special effects especially despite the low budget everybody is talking about.

Interfaces and even furniture look very convincing unlike in many cheesy "future" scenarios from other movies. Not sure why many people complain about those.

If you liked Moon, Solaris, Ex-Machina this is for you.

It also has some typical genre elements like the dystopian situation back on Earth and some lost in space touch but luckily this is not what the movie is really about.

It rather asks the question where our humanity is at and where it stops. I can highly recommend it.

In case you have a very short attention span and get tired by real dialogue you may want to look further for a more apt space action flick.

This is a slow indie sci-fi gem for a more sophisticated audience. Yet it never gets boring. We get hooked on an intellectual level though not by being grabbed by our lizard brain instincts.

Game Day is not really about basketball. So it's not a sports movie. We watch Ricki, a self-centered and privileged woman fail miserably with her startup.

Then she grapples with her new existence as a third-rate cubicle drone. Yet over time we witness her personal/character development with increasing interest.

For some reason I was hooked from the start even though it's just a slow minimalist indie movie. As we watch Ricki form an unlikely friendship with her new "coach", a troubled youth from a completely different background, we discover more about her dysfunctional family too.

Both the startup scene and the "hood" get depicted quite accurately yet mainly serve the story of the main characters, Ricki and Lucas. There is also a slowly developing romantic side story which works well but never really takes center stage.

The other characters mostly assist Ricki's self improvement journey. At the end she's much more empowered and likable and we know why. This is like a look behind the scenes of the shiny startup world, office politics and the wrong side of the tracks you usually won't find in other movies.

The story is quite unique yet Game Day plays it a bit too safe. You won't see any Jungle Fever e.g. Sure, the boyfriend is a communist but it's more of a running gag. So it's just an 8 for me. I gave it a 7 at first but as it's currently way underrated I decided that 8 is more fitting.

Yet I hope the writer/director will create even more courageous and inspiring movies in the future. It's already quite impressive how deep of a story he told in his very first feature movie, especially given that the main character is a woman.

The 101 minutes did not feel that long at all despite the slow pace. The basketball game at the end even added some suspense and drama.

So first off this is clearly a romance movie. As an empath I'm probably one of the few men enjoying this genre.

There is not even comedy in it. In case you expect action, drama, suspense or cheap laughs - you're in the wrong place.

As a romance it clearly works. It's a feel good, enjoyable and relatable little romance on a budget.

Even though it was clear for me from the start who is in love with whom the characters don't know yet so we watch them realizing it slowly. This is actually intriguing.

When do the sparks fly exactly? Which gesture, word or break make the difference? Love in Focus really focuses on tiny nuances.

Sometimes it's too obvious for me yet for general audiences it probably won't.

Even though you know and expect them to fall for each other you still have to really look closely when and how it happens.

Thus this movie is epic in the original sense of the word. Even though we know the outcome we wonder "how do they get there"?

The drawbacks for most people will be that the movie is quite slow paced and most scenes play inside. So we don't see much happening or even the mountain scenery a lot.

There are no real problems or conflicts so we have the eerie feeling that it's "too good to be true". We're just conditioned to expect the next dramatic turn of events from other movies or our beliefs that "life is hard" and other popular myths.

Do you enjoy happy people becoming even happier? Then you will love this. For depressing, brutal or ridiculous scenes look up your average Hollywood production.

When you make it till the end this movie will make you a bit happier as well. If you can't hold your attention that long I recommend some meditation techniques to get over your attention deficit.