I really enjoyed this movie. I thought that Lawrence Fishburne and Bill Paxton had great roles and I was impressed with Kevin Zegers as Sam.
It was refreshing to see Bill Paxton in that type of role in the movie.
I thought the movie had a good flow and there was no instance where I was bored.
This is an independent and a low budget movie so don't expect amazing CGI scenes or backgrounds. With that being said, they did a great visual job to this movie.
I did have two issues with the movie. At the beginning it started out with a promising feel of isolation at a colony base, but they had incorporated a cheesy chase scene. It's not that the chase scene wouldn't work, but the way it was shot reminded me of some corny horror movie which didn't take its self seriously.
After that the movie was just fine, which made this scene seem awkward in the movie.
As for the ending- without giving away too much- Pretty much left the audience hanging. I was hoping they would at least follow through with a plot point which was expected to conclude at the end of the movie, instead, we never saw the outcome.
I believe they did this to catch the audience off guard and not follow through with predictable results. I think this gives the movie its own spin, but I felt it would have enhanced the conclusion and the story if they had actually concluded that plot point. Because this is not done in the movie, the great story you are following just ends abruptly making you wonder why they ended it this way. Are they going to make sequel and explain this? It's unlikely.
With all this being said, I enjoyed the movie and I would definitely buy this on DVD. If you are a sci-fi/horror fan, I recommend you go see this movie!
It was refreshing to see Bill Paxton in that type of role in the movie.
I thought the movie had a good flow and there was no instance where I was bored.
This is an independent and a low budget movie so don't expect amazing CGI scenes or backgrounds. With that being said, they did a great visual job to this movie.
I did have two issues with the movie. At the beginning it started out with a promising feel of isolation at a colony base, but they had incorporated a cheesy chase scene. It's not that the chase scene wouldn't work, but the way it was shot reminded me of some corny horror movie which didn't take its self seriously.
After that the movie was just fine, which made this scene seem awkward in the movie.
As for the ending- without giving away too much- Pretty much left the audience hanging. I was hoping they would at least follow through with a plot point which was expected to conclude at the end of the movie, instead, we never saw the outcome.
I believe they did this to catch the audience off guard and not follow through with predictable results. I think this gives the movie its own spin, but I felt it would have enhanced the conclusion and the story if they had actually concluded that plot point. Because this is not done in the movie, the great story you are following just ends abruptly making you wonder why they ended it this way. Are they going to make sequel and explain this? It's unlikely.
With all this being said, I enjoyed the movie and I would definitely buy this on DVD. If you are a sci-fi/horror fan, I recommend you go see this movie!