Trinity

Running time: 82 mins

Science fiction fans will find a unique treat in Gary Boulton-Brown's directorial debut, Trinity, a one-of-a-kind genre bender that throws a triumvirate of desperate individuals into a pressure cooker situation in a snowbound "Gene Camp" hidden deep in a frozen wasteland. Set in an unspecified future, the film follows Schiller and Brach, two military officers sent to an isolated arctic station to investigate a distress signal. The sender turns out to be Dr. Clerval, a scientist whose crimes against humanity have made him the number one target for bounty hunters. However, it may not be Clerval after all, as the man claims to be the criminal's clone. Alone, the trio find themselves involved in a psychological game of cat-and-mouse, where shifting alliances turn deadlier by the minute. Drawing on ingenuity and visual panache, director Boulton-Brown creates a potent mix of futuristic paranoia and claustrophobic drama that has the steely tension of a game of chess and stands up impressively next to such genre yardsticks as Minority Report and Cube. - Fernando F. Croce