Parallel Man: Infinite Pursuit (11:59)
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This 2014 short film was presented by Dust in 2022.

First I should say that the creators of this short film are apparently working on a feature film and a series. I really liked the film, but because it's an incomplete story, I don't know how to rate it. I want to see the whole story, first. (Even then, I might not bother rating this, just the movie/series.) I guess there's also a graphic novel, but I'm not sure I care about that.

It's about an interdimensional empire called the Ascendancy, which enslaves other Earths. At the start of the film, our Earth is the next one scheduled to be conquered. An agent of the Ascendancy named Nick Morgan (voiced by John Cho) is supposed to be scouting out our military forces, but instead he retrieves a mysterious object from his world that was hidden on this world long ago. With the help of his holographic A.I., Atlas (Lance Reddick), and a very cool car type thing that has hover, flight, and underwater modes, he goes on the run from other agents, led by Major Mackenzie Cartwright (Ming-Na Wen). He travels through a few different parallel worlds to get away from them, and... that's all I can say. (I don't want to spoil what his motives are or what the device is.) But it sounds cool, huh? And it's got a great little cast. (Hopefully they'll be onboard for the feature length film and series.)