-Written by Michelle Vorob.
Teleport is an ever-relevant [sci-fi] movie, exploring illegal immigration, gay rights, and sexual slavery of women. What classifies this movie as sci-fi is the new Teleport technology in this story, giving people the ability to travel anywhere for a price, if they can afford it.
The movie starts with a man in his truck, parked in front of a private property gate in the middle of nowhere, listening to an incendiary radio host, talking about illegal immigrants being criminals and that a little girl was murdered by an illegal immigrant. The man listening to the radio host is crying and has a bloody stuffed toy bunny in his back seat. He looks at a picture of himself & his little girl, with the same toy bunny, but clean & new. You infer that his little girl is the one who has been murdered. He gets out of the truck and goes into the restricted area. He finds an immigrant, who seems like a normal person, points a gun at him while the immigrant pleads for his life and shoots him. As the immigrant lays dying in pain, the man sees there is a baby sitting there and the man just wanted to protect his child. He realizes he's made a drastic mistake and the movie begins. The rest of the movie has absolutely nothing to do with these characters, except for the theme of illegal immigration.
We then see a woman, Anya (Borislava Stratieva), working as a maid in an upscale apartment in a country where a new regime has taken over. Her employers are a horribly stuck-up and rude couple [away on vacation] that seem to be involved in the government. Gays are being persecuted and killed by the government. Anya goes home to a horrible slum apartment building. She sees police kill one of her neighbors for being gay.
We then see a woman, Ekaterina (Therica Wilson-Read), at an upscale hotel. It is made clear she works as a call girl and a young man has been sent to her. He doesn't want to be there, he was forced to go, because he's gay. His father has demanded it. Ekaterina is kind & understanding. She tells the young man they can make noise but not really do anything, so his father will believe he went through with it. She then goes home and it turns out she lives with Anya; they're a lesbian couple.
Anya's father (Julian Feria) shows up, asking his daughter to come home, but it was partly a ruse set up by police, in order to capture the two women. Anya's father argues with the police officer; this wasn't their agreement, but the officer shoots & kills Anya's father in front of her. Ekaterina and Anya try to fight the officer [and shoot him]. Ekaterina is injured, but they must flee. They must escape. Already persecuted and hiding for being gay, they now become illegal immigrants, enlisting the help of a Teleport courier, Vas (Chris Kyriacou), to get them to England. Anya sends Ekaterina; they don't have enough money to go together.
As you may imagine, Ekaterina winds up being forced into prostitution in England, unable to leave, not knowing what has happened to Anya. Some interesting twists & turns take place. It isn't until the end of the movie we find out what happened to Anya.
The cinematography and lighting are done well, effectively helping guide the mood & tone of each scenario. My only issue with the technicals is the sound was oddly low, even putting volume up to the max. My biggest issue with the movie is it took a while to find the actual plot. I would've liked it if the random storyline shown in the beginning connected to the rest, other than the general theme of hatred toward illegal immigrants. I learned this movie is currently streaming under the title “Coyote” and wonder if the original concept perhaps tied more people and storylines together via the underground Teleport courier, Vas.
Teleport is currently available on several streaming platforms, under the title “Coyote”.
Directed and Written by Dustin Curtis Murphy
Starring Borislava Stratieva, Therica Wilson-Read, Julian Feria, Chris Kyriacou, Ailish Symons, Ruhtxjiaih Bellenea, Tian Chaudhry, Sonia Amini, Emily Rose Ambler, Beruce Khan, etc.
7.5/10 = WORTH RENTING OR BUYING
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