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Slingshot review: Casey Affleck's sci-fi comeback fumbles

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A psychological thriller with few thrills and a weak grasp of psychology, Slingshot sees three capable actors monologuing in space about nothing in particular.

By the end, the film is unable to sustain the weight of its attempted surprises, yielding a head-scratching experience.

Casey Affleck leads a small but impressive cast who end up terribly short-changed.

The three men aboard the ship take wildly different approaches to the scenario at hand, and in the process, they come to represent the three prongs of human personality through a Freudian lens.

What they each represent feels set in stone, with little sense of dilemma or evolution.

Slingshot 's stakes and science-fiction elements are practically null, rendering it an entirely meaningless thriller.

Its basic premise would be hard to explain to a friend, because it doesn't even feel like it has one. Slingshot opens exclusively in theaters Aug. 30 . Topics Film.