Short Film Review: “Michael Solace” Contemplates Selling Out and Selling His Soul
The film blends reality and the supernatural world together, leaving the viewer unsure of what’s real and what’s merely a figment of Michael’s agitated imagination.

A group of young gang members dedicate their lives to robbery and kidnapping, building a reputation through violence and intimidation. While one of them attempts to leave that life behind and start over, the others continue down the same criminal path — some ending up in prison, others remaining active in the underworld. Twenty years later, the gang is still operating. When a powerful drug lord summons the group’s leader, he offers them a lucrative job: kidnap a relative of a police officer who has become an obstacle to his operations. Tempted by the money, the gang accepts the assignment without asking too many questions. But as the plan unfolds, they make a shocking discovery about the identity of their target — a revelation that turns the mission into a fatal mistake and sets off irreversible consequences.
The film blends reality and the supernatural world together, leaving the viewer unsure of what’s real and what’s merely a figment of Michael’s agitated imagination.
Seeing that the film was essentially his first big, mainstream feature, and with garnering a leading role — portraying the revolutionary ball-player Jackie Robinson — Boseman, without question, delivered a performance that is still so incredibly moving, respectful, genuine, and true to the core of his obviously sincere, artistic heart; and with that, it is indeed so saddening to see him pass.
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