What is the Ash film about?

Last Modified Mar 26, 2025 05:23 EDT
What is the Ash film about?
Ash film trailer visual (Source: Screengrab from the trailer)


Ash is a 2025 American science fiction horror-thriller film that was written by Jonni Remmler and directed by Flying Lotus. The film will be released theatrically in the U.S. on March 21, 2025.


The plot of Ash centers on Riya (Eiza González Reyna), an astronaut who has lost her memory and is trapped on an unidentified, far-off planet with her whole crew dead. She experiences brief and dreadful flashbacks.


What is Ash about?


The film revolves around an astronaut who awakens to discover that her space station's entire crew died on a far-off planet. Riya is startled by short, frightening flashes of her partners and their objective, but she has no recollection of herself or the situations surrounding her. She needs to decide if to trust the man who was dispatched to save her after he received a distress signal from her location since she is suspicious.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvM-guXIFLM


Critical response and review of the Ash film


With an average rating of 6/10, 89% of the reviews from 27 critics are positive on the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. Based on reviews from eight reviewers, Metacritic, which applies a weighted average, gave the movie a score of 62 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.


Who is the main lead in the Ash film?


What is the Ash film about?
Eiza González (Source: Instagram)


The Mexican actress and singer Eiza González Reyna is the main lead in the film. She is portraying the character of Riya. She became well-known for her role in the 2010–2011 teen sitcom Sueña conmigo on the Argentine Nickelodeon. She released two albums as a singer: Te Acordarás de Mí (2012) and Contracorriente (2009).


Since then, González has appeared in action movies such as Baby Driver (2017), Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Bloodshot (2020), and Ambulance (2022), as well as the American horror series From Dusk to Dawn: The Series (2014–2016). She starred in the action-comedy movie The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare and the science fiction series 3 Body Problem in 2024.


Additionally, the following cast is set to appear in the film:


  • Aaron Paul as Brion

  • Iko Uwais as Adhi

  • Beulah Koale as Kevin

  • Kate Elliott as Clarke

  • Flying Lotus as Davis


FAQs about Ash

A. Ash is a science fiction horror-thriller film.

A. Ash’s plotline revolves around Riya (played by Eiza González Reyna), an astronaut who is stranded on an unknown distant planet with her entire crew dead. She has terrible and short flashbacks after losing her memories.

A. Ash is releasing on March 21, 2025 in United States.

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