Anyone expecting Back to the Future in Breaking Glass Pictures’ Inertia might be surprised. The film’s focus on a teen navigating existence under extraordinary circumstances can feel melodramatic at first, but it’s this very human lens that makes the story compelling. Will Martinko‘s tale feels very rooted on his own experiences, and it shows. And both their struggles are relatable for anyone who has felt trapped by forces beyond their control: he never really had a chance to grow up.
The protagonist (Brocagh Lynn) is restless, and the film opens with a detailed introduction to his father, Dmitri (Aidan Everly), a temporal agent whose job is preventing paradoxes. The father’s work brings him into contact with Mariya (Jelena Uchev), and a one-night encounter results in the birth of the anomaly. The mother flees with her newborn, unaware of the boy’s latent temporal abilities, setting the stage for the story that unfolds fourteen years later in a small Pennsylvania town.
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