I could not get past 15 mins of this film, and those first 15 were a struggle. Then I fast-forwarded another 20 mins stopping at parts I though may be interesting, that were not. This film is just bad. Really bad. I'm not sure what the point of this was or what the budget was - seemed like someones allowance for the week, but every aspect of this film was bad. Writing, directing, cinematography, sound, editing, casting, etc... Total waste of time. A 1/10 form me.
... View MoreI have just committed a cardinal sin. I read the reviews which all proclaimed this film to be absolutely pants - and the I watched it right to the end! Don't do what I did, take notice of the reviewers and don't waste your time. The acting(?) is absolutely diabolical - surely there will be no more roles for anyone after this? To put it briefly; there is a planned mission to Mars - no idea why really. The lead woman has a dying daughter, but she didn't appear to give a toss about her during the first half of the film, she just upped and left but later on it was all about 'I want to see my daughter'. We don't actually see them on Mars, just a rocket taking off and a caption saying '3 years later'. Incredibly the woman is the only survivor of a missile attack on re-entry. She is taken in by Gov officials for interrogation and is deemed a danger because she has now got some mind reading powers, so they decide to do away with her. So, should they send in a couple of 'heavies' into the cell to hold her whilst the doctor injects her with some deadly poison because she is such a risk? No frigging way - just send one guy in on his own so she can kick the crap out of him and escape. When she has escaped she gets visits from the other 'dead' crew members telling her that she has survived because she has an important message to tell the rest of the world. A lot of this is cryptic waffle - unfortunately I couldn't understand a word of the actress playing the part of the 'African(?)' woman so I don't know what she had to say. So now she's escaped and the Gov know she wants to get to see her child - what should we do? - send in a posse of agents to the home / hospital to kill her because she is such a danger and they did try to kill her when she was in interrogation? Not on your Nelly! Just send (2) guys - the boss man and an agent who happens to feel sorry for her. I can't say much about the ending because there wasn't one - No message to earth, to the 7 billion people living here or most annoyingly for me is for the people who watched this crap. Rant over, I'm going for a lie down.
... View MoreThis train wreck of a movie made me wonder what on earth is going on with the fake IMDb ratings. The story line had promise (keyword being had) - it was butchered so many times there was no way to make sense of it anymore. The acting - stiff cardboard actors/actress with horrible forced dialog, incorrect facial expressions during "serious" parts, and terrible timing overall. The music was horrible, the tech was laughable. I suppose if you want to watch this for comedic value (think C or D type movie) then go for it - otherwise - please stay away. Reruns of Barney would be more entertaining.
... View MoreYou cannot blame the writer for the movie being bad, but she contributed by writing a story that needed clarification at every step. Even the ending left the feeling that you wanted to read the original story because nothing was explained or resolved. Artsy films can leave you with different interpretation at the end but in this case it left without any interpretation. OK so much for the pretentious story but the director did not get any good acting from the actors .i guess they were as much in the dark as we were on where this movie was going. Some movies can do a lot with little budget but this movie did not even bother to conceal that it was working on a low budget; the creepy government figures using cell phones to discuss top secret info. The super secure facility that looked like a common office building, the shoddy camera angles .it all distracted from what was supposed to be a serious movie with a message from the stars. I tried to like the movie I really did but the holes in the story, the poor acting and the low budget was too much to overlook.
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