[Full Movie] THE STRATUM (2023) - independent low-budget cyberpunk film

This is not a big-budget movie by any means. It looks like it was made by 2-3 people and their friends. But they did a really good job with what they had.

The premise is basic Elysium: the rich people live in space and the rest of us are down here. There's a post-COVID plague going around. A hacker surrepitously gets involved with someone on the space station, and things proceed as you might expect. So the plot is nothing special, but the actors do a good job of it. I was gaming while I watched this, and a couple times I actually paused the game to re-play a scene that caught my interest.

I'm mostly impressed that it's not terrible. Sure, the special effects are low-budget and a lot of the props are... er... hacked together. But when you're making these movies, it's so easy to make mistakes that makes things unwatchable, and that doesn't happen here. This could be on Syfy or something (if that's still around?) Plus, it's free on youtube, so if you have a robust anti-ad strategy it's worth checking out.

2057 until a CEO takes control of earth? Bit optimistic IMO.