a5c7b9f00b Set in the future in a time of interplanetary colonization, an unlikely pair race against an impending global crisis and are confronted by the monsters that live inside us all.
Set in a time of interplanetary colonization, Sy Lombrok (Kellan Lutz), a former nurse who is now a drifter with a haunted past, forms an unlikely alliance with Kane Sommerville (Daniel MacPherson), a lieutenant who works for off-world military contractor Exor. In a race against time they set out to rescue Kane's young daughter Indi (Teagan Croft) amid an impending global crisis precipitated by Exor.
If you look at my other reviews you'll find that if I see a bad movie with fake glowing reviews then I love to rip it apart with an honest review of my own, so I looked at the reviews here for this movie, thought "Aha, fake reviews" and started sharpening my knives, but after watching this movie I am pleasantly surprised to be proved wrong. This movie was really good. <br/><br/>The story was good, the characters were believable, the world that it took place in was very interesting, the CGI effects were pretty good for the budget, as were the practical effects, and the acting for the most part was great, even Kellan Lutz was good and I can't normally stand the guy.<br/><br/>The only negative thing about this movie for me was some of the fight scenes on the ground utilized a lot of quick cuts and shaky cam, which was jarring as the rest of the movie is directed and shot really nicely with some great action scenes, a dogfight between 2 ships being the standout one for me.<br/><br/>Overall it's a great bit of sci fi to spend a couple of hours with, it feels like a movie with a much larger budget than what it had.<br/><br/>I would definitely watch a sequel. 7/10
The roombla.com review for this film hit it on the head - it's an ambitious, at times visually interesting effort that is like an occasionally tasty ghoulash of tried and true SciFi tropes and themes. Not always a bad thing as a superb film like Serenity proves, but here, despite good performances and fairly capable writing, is somehow not quite enough to lift this effort to "great" status.<br/><br/>The technicals are all competently done with some generally interesting visuals. The acting is non-cringeworthy and played straight. Worth a view for fans of the genre. I will also say that I would indeed be interested to watch other efforts from the creative team behind this one.<br/><br/>A solid 6...check it out if you enjoy this stuff.
While the storytelling, by Abbess and co-writer Brian Cachia, might lack novelty and, occasionally, coherence, visually the film consistently impresses with creative art direction and costume choices.