Christopher WaldeckPandorum review
October 1st 2009 22:56
Well this weeks latest box office disaster has come in the form of Pandorum. It was a film that was getting great early reviews that just went downhill. I decided to see for myself how this movie was and unfortunately it was further down the hill than expected. This film really tried to be a great science fiction movie which is what disappointed me about this film. It comes from producer who just lost a ton of money, Paul W.S. anderson and director Christian Alvart. This film starred the very talented Ben Foster and the great actor who needs to fire his current agent immediately, Dennis Quaid.
The film opens with a spaceship and two crew members listening to a message from earth saying that they are the last to live and need to find a new planet to continue the human race. We are immediately moved to Bower(Ben Foster) having a hallucinatory dream about his wife and he wakes up in a cryogenic tube with no memory of where he is or what happened to the rest of the crew. He soon discovers Payton(Dennis Quaid), who doesn't seem to have any clue either as to where they are, but strange noises from within the ship are hinting to them that they aren't alone on board the ship. Payton guides Bower via microphone as to where to locate the nuclear reactor in order to save the ship and reach their destination. Bower goes down below to activate it.
After this terrific opening sequence we are guided into a mystery and a consistently twisting plot with an excellent twist and an original story line. the only unfortunate part is that it's all ruined with the appearance of the alien creatures and scenes clearly copied from better science fiction movies. It was going so well too with it's creepiness until it finds itself in a muddled, confusing, and slightly boring film which is terrible considering how well the opening sequence built up the film.
I will give big props to the actors for carrying this film and the whole twist with the Pandorum disease which causes violent hallucinations, impaired memory and eventually genetic transformation also from abusing genetics which the now turned monster crew had committed. This film had great potential before it got totally misplaced.
Review D
The film opens with a spaceship and two crew members listening to a message from earth saying that they are the last to live and need to find a new planet to continue the human race. We are immediately moved to Bower(Ben Foster) having a hallucinatory dream about his wife and he wakes up in a cryogenic tube with no memory of where he is or what happened to the rest of the crew. He soon discovers Payton(Dennis Quaid), who doesn't seem to have any clue either as to where they are, but strange noises from within the ship are hinting to them that they aren't alone on board the ship. Payton guides Bower via microphone as to where to locate the nuclear reactor in order to save the ship and reach their destination. Bower goes down below to activate it.
After this terrific opening sequence we are guided into a mystery and a consistently twisting plot with an excellent twist and an original story line. the only unfortunate part is that it's all ruined with the appearance of the alien creatures and scenes clearly copied from better science fiction movies. It was going so well too with it's creepiness until it finds itself in a muddled, confusing, and slightly boring film which is terrible considering how well the opening sequence built up the film.
I will give big props to the actors for carrying this film and the whole twist with the Pandorum disease which causes violent hallucinations, impaired memory and eventually genetic transformation also from abusing genetics which the now turned monster crew had committed. This film had great potential before it got totally misplaced.
Review D
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