Isolation – Movie Review
First Reaction – Isolation has an important conversation, but fails to grab the bigger story.
Director: James Drake Coleman
Writer: James Drake Coleman (Screenplay)
Cast
- James Drake Coleman
- Sheilava
- Ervin Brown
- Chiara McCarty
- Mark Cabrera
Plot: Isolation explores loneliness, grief, loss, and the struggles of mental health. All within a pursuit of understanding one’s purpose. It’s a coalescence of one’s trauma and working through it while performing at a high level.
Runtime: 2 Hours 2 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Isolation starts when Logan (Coleman) finds himself struggling with his mental health. He previously served as a soldier on off planet mission, questioning his commands. However, his actions have caused him to suffer.
As he tries to balance his mindset, we look into his past to understand his actions. However, the actions continue to haunt him and leading him to question everything he has ever done.
Verdict on Isolation
Recap
The movie follows a former soldier struggling with their action and understanding their decisions. It follows him as he tries to find the best way to deal with the horrors he has faced.
Best Parts
It feels like there is a lot of serious conversations going on in the movie and a bigger discussion needs to happen.
Worst Parts
The movie jumps around a lot and it struggles to settle into an easier to follow story. It presents itself as something simple, but only over complicates a lot of the narrative ideas. Elsewhere, the performances are not the strongest and fail to engage the audience to the leave it would like to.
Where to Watch
Isolation (9/22/26 VOD Release)
Final Thoughts –Isolation is a big conversation that gets overplayed.
