"Trapped Child" (a.k.a., "Monolith") is a preview of the cars of the future. The Monolith is billed as the most advanced and safest vehicle on the road. Yet for the protagonist Sandra, the vehicle becomes a death trap for her beloved little boy David.
Was it human error or a flaw in the Monolith's design that led to Sandra becoming stranded in the desert? She lit up a cigarette that may have blown the vehicle's mind. The only assistance she receives from the voice of "Lilith," the robotic brains of the Monolith, indicating that there is a danger of smoke. After Sandra stops and exists the vehicle, the little boy accidentally locks vehicle while fidgeting with the controls. He is thereby trapped in the car, and Sandra has no way to reenter the vehicle.
The actress performed admirably in conveying the nightmarish experience of seeking help in the wasteland. Her hopes are dashed at both a power plant devoid of humanity and an abandoned airplane. She finally comes up with an ingenious act of desperation to use the state-of-the-art vehicle to her advantage to reenter the car and save the life of little David.
While the production values were superb, the overall unpleasantness of the film was apparent not only in Sandra's seemingly hopeless situation, but the other characters she briefly encounters. The sleazy people she met at the convenience story were a motley crew, and her husband Carl was a lout and a womanizer. Instead of returning to L.A., Sandra might be better off staying in the desert and taking her chances on the Monolith.
Was it human error or a flaw in the Monolith's design that led to Sandra becoming stranded in the desert? She lit up a cigarette that may have blown the vehicle's mind. The only assistance she receives from the voice of "Lilith," the robotic brains of the Monolith, indicating that there is a danger of smoke. After Sandra stops and exists the vehicle, the little boy accidentally locks vehicle while fidgeting with the controls. He is thereby trapped in the car, and Sandra has no way to reenter the vehicle.
The actress performed admirably in conveying the nightmarish experience of seeking help in the wasteland. Her hopes are dashed at both a power plant devoid of humanity and an abandoned airplane. She finally comes up with an ingenious act of desperation to use the state-of-the-art vehicle to her advantage to reenter the car and save the life of little David.
While the production values were superb, the overall unpleasantness of the film was apparent not only in Sandra's seemingly hopeless situation, but the other characters she briefly encounters. The sleazy people she met at the convenience story were a motley crew, and her husband Carl was a lout and a womanizer. Instead of returning to L.A., Sandra might be better off staying in the desert and taking her chances on the Monolith.