In lieu of my usual spiel about who directed it and who was in it, etc. I’m just going to skip straight to the freaking review, because a) I’ve already seen this movie and b) I find it enjoyable in an extremely creepy way and nothing anyone else can say will dissuade me. However if you must know it was directed by Christian Alvart (known for literally nothing else that I’ve ever heard of) and it stars Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster (one of the bad guys in 3:10 to Yuma amongst a few other such roles), Cam Giganet (a pretty face that was also in Easy A), and Antje Traue (Faora in Man of Steel).
Spoilers below as per usual.
The bad news is that literally the only people of color are a)a black guy who is only interested in cannibalizing the ship’s survivor’s and b) someone who we are led to believe is probably Asian and of course knows how to drop some sick martial arts type moves to save all the white people from the bad guys and of course gets killed before the finale. Also the obligatory part where he did it because he went crazy.
The good news is that Antje Traue is a bad ass and is fully instrumental in saving the ship and while there was a suggestion of romance it wasn’t something they stopped to capitalize on.
For a B-Movie it’s pretty good in that it has a lot of dark creepy effects and a good air of mystery. The twist I think is an interesting take especially for a space movie which makes it’s standard horror movie approach a little more bearable. There is of course the questioning of human nature and what happens when we leave the safety of earth behind and so on and so forth. All of the actors give fairly good performances though it’s hard to unsee Ben Foster as a bad guy since he seems to do a lot of those types of roles now. While it doesn’t age particularly gracefully and is a definite B-movie it has it’s own B-movie charm with enough cool little things to make it worth a watch.
out of 10! Standard B-Movie fare with a worthwhile twist and lots of good creepy moments.
2x2 