Listen, there are some genre directors you simply must pay attention to because they demand your respect, andAlexandre Ajais one of those directors. I’ve been a fan since his 2003 breakoutHigh Tension, and though there have been some stumbles along his journey through Hollywood – looking at you,MirrorsandHorns– I was a big fan of bothCrawlandPiranha 3D, as well as his 2006 remake ofThe Hills Have Eyes.
Netflix has just released a trailer for Aja’s latest directorial effort, the French survival thrillerOxygen, which starsMélanie Laurent(Inglourious Basterds) andMathieu Amalric(The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) as well asMalik Zidi.
Laurent plays a young woman who wakes up in a cryogenic pod with no memory of who she is or how she ended up there. As she’s running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.
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Aja directed from a script byChristie LeBlancand he also produced the film with Gregory Levasseur as well asVincent Maraval,Brahim ChiouaandNoëmie Devideof Getaway Films.
TheOxygentrailer didn’t quite blow me away but it did leave me intrigued, as I do like claustrophobic thrillers and I’ve heard good things about this one. It’s Laurent’s second Netflix movie in a row following6 Underground, and she’s preparing to make her own directorial debut withThe Nightingale, which will star both Fanning sisters.Oxygenwill hit Netflix on May 12, so watch the trailer below and see if it leaves you gasping for air like Laurent’s character.
