The metal door of his prison cell conveniently slides open, and so begins an escape whose unsettlingly rendered violence recalls that seen in The Last of Us Part II. As soon as he is incarcerated, a viral outbreak turns nearly the entirety of the prison’s population into grotesque zombie-like beings. A disturbing intake process sees a so-called “core device” drilled into Lee’s spine, making him the latest inmate of Black Iron Prison.Ĭonsidering this enjoyably over-the-top introduction alone, Lee is having comfortably the worst day of his life, but it’s about to get a whole lot worse. Suffice it to say, they ask few questions. The freighter crashes amid a billowing snowstorm only to be quickly boarded by prison personnel. Lee deliberately opens the spacecraft’s hull to thwart their efforts knowing it will cause the ship to free-fall. As Lee and his co-pilot approach Callisto, their ship (the none-too-subtly named UJC Charon, after the mythological ferryman who carries the souls of the dead to Hades) is boarded midair by what appear to be terrorists intent on intercepting the shipment. Lee is working for the United Jupiter Company piloting cargo to a planet called Callisto, a former mining outpost that’s been turned into a vast penal colony. What starts as a sharply effective tool becomes blunted by The Callisto Protocol’s end. During the opening hours, your mouth will hang agape at the sheer nastiness of seeing Lee’s head ripped diagonally from the jaw to crown, mushy brain jiggling as his body slumps to the ground. Blood and entrails spray across the screen, but unlike the recent God of War Ragnarök, whose most gratuitous fatalities are reserved for its beastly antagonists, here they fall upon Duhamel’s all-too-human protagonist.
Thanks to the craftsmanship of first-class animators, artists, audio engineers, and the committed performance of Josh Duhamel, you will bear witness to protagonist Jacob Lee’s body being severed, consumed, battered, and stretched to breaking point and beyond.
At first, death in The Callisto Protocol is a sickening wonder.
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