Sci Fi Log: Sand Kings

Beau Bridges.. madman or genius?

Madman.

Sand kings the movie, which is different from the book, takes place in a future where life was found on Mars and the government has been doing research on the specimens. They start out small, building fortresses out of sand to protect themselves from the other waring clans of sand kings. When the main character, played by Mr. Bridges, is fired from the project he decides to take some of the eggs home in order to do more research on his own. As the law of 'don't mess with mother nature' goes, we can be assured that bad things ensue. The sand kings get bigger and bigger and when they stop getting fed, all hell breaks loose. The sand kings war amongst themselves for food and territory. The sand kings break free of their glass terrarium and run rampant throughout Beau's house. The story ends with a cliffhanger as the camera pans over a nest of sand kings in the forest outside of the house.

I would like to take a moment to comment on Beau Bridge's performance in this movie. Not only do we get the pleasure of seeing him lose his mind completely, but his hair has a story of its own throughout the movie anyway. There is a scene where he is cutting his hair in front of the mirror and he just loses it. Talking to himself as he cuts, Beau thinks about what his dad thinks and that his wife was wrong for leaving him.. I disagree. I think the moment he put a strand of hair over his mouth like a mustache and spoke into the mirror was the moment Beau Bridges lost all evidence of sanity.