Elevation

Includes SPOILERS for Elevation (2024).

The end of the film confirms that the Reapers are machines explicitly programmed to kill humans.

This idea raises numerous questions forElevationto potentially answer in a sequel.

Elevation (2024) Poster

If the Reapers are mechanical, that means they could be human-engineered.

Maybe they were an invention that went wrong and that human engineers lost control of.

Maybe they were an invention that went wrong and that human engineers lost control of.

Anthony Mackie from Elevation with one of the Reapers

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As she predicted, the chemically-coated bullets cause the Reapers to implode.

Humans begin to replicate the formula with cobalt, finally allowing them to fight back against the monsters.

Given that the movie’s title isElevation, altitude is obviously part of the gimmick.

Anthony Mackey and Morena Baccarin in Elevation

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The peaks of the Rockies that the human communities are forced onto are compared to prisons in the film.

IfElevationhas a sequel, these ideas would be fascinating to expand upon.

Morena Baccarin and Anthony Mackie from Elevation

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Anthony Mackie from Elevation

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Anthony Mackie from Elevation in front of a Rotten Tomatoes Splat

Anthony Mackie in Elevation in front of a movie screen

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Elevation