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23rd Oct 2024

A hugely underseen sci-fi movie gem is airing on TV tonight

Stephen Porzio

It holds an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score.

Our TV movie pick for tonight (Wednesday, 23 October) is Prospect, a hugely underseen 2018 sci-fi gem starring Pedro Pascal (The Last of Us).

Set in the future, the film centres around a teenage girl named Cee (Sophie Thatcher, The Boogeyman) who travels with her father (Jay Duplass, Industry) to a remote alien moon, to mine for gems in its forests.

The dad and the daughter quickly find themselves in peril, however, when they come across a pair of bandits (one of whom is played by Pascal).

Against all odds, an unlikely alliance winds up being formed.

Earning an 89% Rotten Tomatoes score, Prospect was praised for its incredible visuals – all the more impressive given the film cost less than $4 million to make – as well as its performances, its detailed world-building and its stripped-back Western-like story.

The movie is airing on TV tonight/tomorrow morning on the channel Legend at 12.45 am and is also available to watch on Prime Video.

Here are some of the other movies on TV tonight:

The Blues Brothers – ITV4 – 9pm

This cult musical action-comedy centres on a man just released from prison (John Belushi) who puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and his brother (Dan Aykroyd) were raised.

Call Jane – Film4 – 9pm

Elizabeth Banks stars in this well-reviewed 2022 drama as a suburban housewife in the 1960s who deals with a life-threatening pregnancy.

The Bad Education Movie – Comedy Central – 9pm

The movie spin-off of the Jack Whitehall sitcom.

Maximum Overdrive – Legend Xtra – 9pm

The only movie directed by horror author Stephen King, this critically panned film sees all machines become sentient and begin attacking humans.

Eye of the Tiger – Legend – 10.55pm

In this ’80s action flick, a Vietnam War veteran (Gary Busey) returns home from prison and sets out to clean up his hometown which has come under the control of a violent motorcycle gang.

Hellbound: Hellraiser II – Sky Sci-Fi – 11pm

Pinhead returns in this messy if not without merit sequel to the classic horror Hellraiser.

Office Uprising – Legend – 11pm

This 2018 horror comedy with a decent cast – Alan Ritchson, Brenton Thwaites, Jane Levy, Karan Soni, Zackary Levi – revolves around a worker at a weapons factory who discovers an energy drink is turning his co-workers into zombies.

Legends of the Fall – Film4 – 11.25pm

Anthony Hopkins, Brad Pitt and Aidan Quinn star in this epic Western drama about a family living in the wilderness and plains of Montana in the early 20th century.

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