...aaaand the early hater trolls who are out in full force. Usually happens right away, as usual, while the carcass is still young and tender.
This is a budget move, but for a budget movie, it does a great job. Both visually and conceptually. It's hard to miss the mark these days as cgi has gotten so cheap, and this movie delivers. It has a very 90s/80s Alien feel to it, as others have mentioned, the tech, the gear, the vibe. I personally love it. Acting is great too, but in scifi it's really the concept and implications of actions and technology that make the show.
It pays good homage to some classic scifi movies of yore. The suspense is great. Yes, you can basically figure out what's going on, but there's a huge twist, and therein lies the crux. Do you destroy humanity's children, as ugly as they are, in favor of a dying race? Can you even? Rises some very poignant moral and existential questions really. A great balance of visuals, and something that a lot of modern scifi has lost -- actual provocative concepts. Yes it's budget. If you just let it be what it is, you will enjoy it.
This is "hard" scifi too, which means that unless you truly enjoy the genre and really think about what you are seeing, you probably won't enjoy it. It's a psychological thriller more so than a visual one. I'm assuming a lot of the hate comes from people who are into thrillers but NOT necessarily into scifi -- this movie only works for both elements. If you are a fan of dystopian/thriller bordering on horror, and ALSO hard scifi in the Asimov or Clement mode, this one will be a great one for you. Speaking of, I got very "Event Horizon"-ish vibes from it too. So that's basically what you're dealing with, hope you enjoy!
This is a budget move, but for a budget movie, it does a great job. Both visually and conceptually. It's hard to miss the mark these days as cgi has gotten so cheap, and this movie delivers. It has a very 90s/80s Alien feel to it, as others have mentioned, the tech, the gear, the vibe. I personally love it. Acting is great too, but in scifi it's really the concept and implications of actions and technology that make the show.
It pays good homage to some classic scifi movies of yore. The suspense is great. Yes, you can basically figure out what's going on, but there's a huge twist, and therein lies the crux. Do you destroy humanity's children, as ugly as they are, in favor of a dying race? Can you even? Rises some very poignant moral and existential questions really. A great balance of visuals, and something that a lot of modern scifi has lost -- actual provocative concepts. Yes it's budget. If you just let it be what it is, you will enjoy it.
This is "hard" scifi too, which means that unless you truly enjoy the genre and really think about what you are seeing, you probably won't enjoy it. It's a psychological thriller more so than a visual one. I'm assuming a lot of the hate comes from people who are into thrillers but NOT necessarily into scifi -- this movie only works for both elements. If you are a fan of dystopian/thriller bordering on horror, and ALSO hard scifi in the Asimov or Clement mode, this one will be a great one for you. Speaking of, I got very "Event Horizon"-ish vibes from it too. So that's basically what you're dealing with, hope you enjoy!