I watched this at home on DVD from my public library, my wife skipped.I was a bit concerned by the somewhat low IMDb rating for this movie but had hopes based on the brief description. I have always been a Sci-Fi fan, especially for stories set in the future and involving space travel. After watching it the rating seems about right, maybe even a bit high.The story starts good showing an 11-yr-old girl in a space suit in a large mine cavern. She is the child, she is on Osiris, she will need to be rescued. The story ends with her being rescued but the vast middle, even though it is barely over 90 minutes, seems long because it is mostly uninteresting. We see a futuristic bus traveling through wasteland. We see fights in a prison. We see rough-looking people getting high in a bar and threatening others. So when the last scenes came my mind had pretty much turned itself off to the story. I watched the DVD extras, I was impressed by the team that is responsible for coming up with the story and filming it in Australia, their intentions were admirable but they just were not able to put together something that is really good and entertaining. Just mediocre.
... View MoreThe ending was super cheesy and not written well, mostly the child's lines, but overall it was enjoyable. It looked good and was acted well enough
... View MoreThe merit of this movie goes to the storytelling. The effects are very well done, and entertaining. The "creatures" could be a bit better made, scarier and more realistic from the biology point of view. This would have brought more realism to the story, therefore I took one star off because of this. The way the movie is made, the story is told is engaging, and entertaining. But the real gem is story, which closer to the end it grips you and surprises you. For those plot-twists (no spoilers) the rating goes up :)
... View MoreI have no idea what the other people are complaining about. I was going to watch this expecting this to be another third rate sci-movie with teenagers acting tough, but this turned out to be a well acted movie with an OK plot instead.Also, some monster effects were a bit cheap but I had no issue with majority of CGI in the movie. Not sure why anyone would think it "ALL LOOKS SO FAKE"? Get an eye checkup?Sure the clichéd plot isn't anything Oscar-worthy, but then, so isn't the plot for new Star Wars movies being pumped out and over-hyped by paid reviewers and fanboys.Watch this, ignore the negative reviews. Considering I watched it for lulz thinking, it was a another cheap terrible sci-fi movie, I enjoyed it.I would've rated 6/10 but rating it 8/10 cause this movie is being downvoted by sci-fi snobs.
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