Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
Liam wakes from a car crash with no memory of who he is. As he makes his way into town to look for help, he finds only dead bodies, all with strange pale eyes. Liam's first assessment is that a virus is present in the air, but he soon discovers the horrible truth: anyone who comes within a 50-foot radius of him dies instantly.
Radius boasts a genuinely inventive high-concept premise — a man who is literally lethal to anyone near him — that stands out sharply in the crowded amnesia-thriller space. The plot mechanics are cleverly constructed and the mystery unravels with satisfying ingenuity, earning high marks for both Plot and Novelty. The acting is competent and grounded, holding the bizarre situation together without anyone truly elevating the material. Cinematography is functional and occasionally atmospheric but unremarkable. The ending, however, is where the film stumbles — it resolves its rich premise in a way that feels undercooked and anticlimactic, failing to fully cash the check the concept wrote.