Having just seen the Dust movie Prospect another low budget movie with excellent dialog I was disappointed in this movie on every level. Acting. Plot. Dialog were all poor
18 Reviews
Pointless
iannikkibanks22 August 2019
Low-budget sci-fi indie
kannibalcorpsegrinder30 July 2019
Several years after aliens arrived on Earth, a group of kids selected to lead a mission to a space station near to a potential new planet to live on are soon stranded on the planet and must try to utilize their skills in order to survive and accomplish their mission.
There wasn't a whole lot to this one. One of the film's bright spots is the absolutely stellar and impressive special effects work that goes into the numerous conflicts and encounters with the aliens. From the opening autopsy where they remove the creature from inside the one individual to the girls' dream sequence, it becomes obvious that the special effects here are going to be old-school based and stay really fun. The design for the aliens, with their oval-shaped bodies, large eyes in the middle of the shape and tentacles flipping around has a great look that's created through practical means which is really appreciated. With the fantastic gore also showing up through practical means later on in the various attacks on the kids throughout the planet with their chases keeping this one moving along often enough to make for a fun time, it's special effects are perfectly in tune with the low-budget here with the vast woodlands in the forest looking rather enjoyable. These here are the film's positive points. This one has a few issues with it. The main factor to be had with this one is the absolutely banal and slow-paced tempo that plays out in the first half here which is rather disappointing. Taking way too long to get the kids' purpose for traveling to the stars as we get too much about their home-life and the pre-launch prep about the choice of letting kids on a suicide mission in the first place. Despite trying to accurately bring up a valid point which is brought up numerous times in their meeting which causes that factor to get brought up as well, this one just takes forever to get going with the main sequence taking place so late in the film's short running time that it's a slough to get to the good scenes. The sentimentality expressed here, with the kids trying to connect and trust each other in this instance but clearly not able to do so based on their backgrounds, is cliched and feels forced, causing this to drag out even more. On top of that, the film's other big problem is the aforementioned lack of comprehension in the storyline featured here. The idea of sending these kids, completely unqualified and utterly unprepared for what they're about to accomplish as the idea of the visit being a publicity stunt just makes no sense. There are so many great points about why the children are being prepared to go along on the journey that is brought up by the few proponents of the idea that it just stands out as being too logical as for why the plan to go forward takes place. Likewise, the idea of the supposed bodyguard they run into is the main threat they have to battle against is quite underwhelming, feeling as if it's coming completely out of nowhere with very little build-up or point like there's some extra point needed for them to do while on the planet as if the survival on a rugged planet aspect couldn't be accomplished. These here are what really hold this one back.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Language.
There wasn't a whole lot to this one. One of the film's bright spots is the absolutely stellar and impressive special effects work that goes into the numerous conflicts and encounters with the aliens. From the opening autopsy where they remove the creature from inside the one individual to the girls' dream sequence, it becomes obvious that the special effects here are going to be old-school based and stay really fun. The design for the aliens, with their oval-shaped bodies, large eyes in the middle of the shape and tentacles flipping around has a great look that's created through practical means which is really appreciated. With the fantastic gore also showing up through practical means later on in the various attacks on the kids throughout the planet with their chases keeping this one moving along often enough to make for a fun time, it's special effects are perfectly in tune with the low-budget here with the vast woodlands in the forest looking rather enjoyable. These here are the film's positive points. This one has a few issues with it. The main factor to be had with this one is the absolutely banal and slow-paced tempo that plays out in the first half here which is rather disappointing. Taking way too long to get the kids' purpose for traveling to the stars as we get too much about their home-life and the pre-launch prep about the choice of letting kids on a suicide mission in the first place. Despite trying to accurately bring up a valid point which is brought up numerous times in their meeting which causes that factor to get brought up as well, this one just takes forever to get going with the main sequence taking place so late in the film's short running time that it's a slough to get to the good scenes. The sentimentality expressed here, with the kids trying to connect and trust each other in this instance but clearly not able to do so based on their backgrounds, is cliched and feels forced, causing this to drag out even more. On top of that, the film's other big problem is the aforementioned lack of comprehension in the storyline featured here. The idea of sending these kids, completely unqualified and utterly unprepared for what they're about to accomplish as the idea of the visit being a publicity stunt just makes no sense. There are so many great points about why the children are being prepared to go along on the journey that is brought up by the few proponents of the idea that it just stands out as being too logical as for why the plan to go forward takes place. Likewise, the idea of the supposed bodyguard they run into is the main threat they have to battle against is quite underwhelming, feeling as if it's coming completely out of nowhere with very little build-up or point like there's some extra point needed for them to do while on the planet as if the survival on a rugged planet aspect couldn't be accomplished. These here are what really hold this one back.
Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Language.
Abysmal
dreamfactory-534-81430930 July 2019
This is not really a movie as much as an amateur project. The sets, the acting, the terrible DSLR look, everything looks like an amateur production done with pocket money. The script is awful, the characters as cliché as they get... There is zero reasons to watch this.
real disappointing movie
rafacho-504802 August 2019
Once again Bad movie
ferdmalenfant1 August 2019
created an account just to leave a review
jorgetcalle5 August 2019
This was just horrible. almost had a good concept but just couldnt cut it. i cant stand watching a movie. where a character runs out of smokes. it started to drive me crazy and want to smoke. acting was pretty bad on pretty much every character except for the main actress. storyline was all over the place and left alot out. and that ending is what caused this rant
What was that ! ! !
mick1203593 August 2019
This has got to go down as one of the worst films that I have ever seen. I can only assume that the reviewer that gave this film a 9/10 has some sort of connection with the film makers, there is no way that it should get that sort of score for any part of it.
The story line itself is so full of holes, with some of it going totally unexplained, the acting was bad, the special effects were bad and the whole concept was bad.
To me it was more like someone had found a script for a kids space adventure film and decided to try and pep it up a bit to make it more of an adult film. IT DIDNT WORK. avoid this film at all costs, unless you have got 90 mins to spare and you need to destroy a few brain cells.
Codswallop
sylvie-555078 August 2019
Atrocious
t-christilaw9 August 2019
This movie was terrible...as expected. I don't know how anyone can watch the trailer for this and expect anything else. This is one of those movies that you keep in the box just in case you want a good laugh at a movie that is trying to take itself seriously as a film but is ridiculous due to just how bad it is. The cast should have gotten together and assassinauted the makers and destroyed all copies once they saw the screening and realized how horrific this movie actually is. I'm personally embarrassed for them.
A personal favorite of mine
catfluf14 April 2021
I can't really explain why, but this movie is a favorite of mine. It has a plot hole the size of something big, and it's kind of sluggish in pace. However, it leaves unanswered questions, and I really like how the teenagers act and speak like teenagers instead of adults. It has some nice effects and the lead girl really owns the movie. It's more than the sum of it's parts to me :)
Time waster
info-241-30942816 August 2019
Not only the low budget is a problem. As a scifi fan I watched way better movies with lower cost, but the story begins with many logic mistakes. How can somebody said OK & waste money for this movie after this scenario?
Worst pile of crud I ever skipped to the end of
heyjblowme7 February 2020
oh well.
laylabessentk6 August 2022
Id rather watch peppa pig tbh. More entertaining, better characters and better script. What a waste of time.
Such bad editing, unwatchable acting, script is absolutely hopeless. Also why do they all stare so much??? Awkward mate. Overall huge disappointment.
Such bad editing, unwatchable acting, script is absolutely hopeless. Also why do they all stare so much??? Awkward mate. Overall huge disappointment.
Don't waste your life watching this
peterstafford-374834 March 2023
As bad movies go, this takes some beating. I was determined to get to the end of this movie, but it took me 4 days. After 30 minutes, I had to stop for the day. I won't describe the plot too much since it doesn't really have one that makes sense. The movie is full of badly acting pretentious kids who are attempting to save humanity (I think) - It reminded me of Scooby-Do. Special effects are lacking, camera work is poor, acting is awful, non-stop spooky music throughout the movie gets on your nerves, there is lots of blood which looks like tomato ketchup. The best part of the movie was when the end credits started to roll.
INDIE FILM SURPRISED ME!
isbaron7 May 2019
This film had so many surprising moments. I was intrigued by the storyline of children going off into space. The acting of the children and adults was very spot on. The sets looked amazing for the budget. Yes, it can get gory but it was well done.
Director , Producers, cast and crew did an amazing job.
Low budget movie
choocyya10 August 2020
The sound track and the colours are good and nothing else. Start is interesting but in the middle plot didnt matches. Lots of random things happening for a no reason. The idea is good but bad acting and bad direct make this boring.
Should be zero stars
SoylentNoMore10 August 2020
Hello. Let me start by saying that anyone who rated this higher than one star is being too nice. I actually saw one person give it 9/10 stars so I'm assuming that they are either a member of the cast/crew or this is the first movie they've ever seen.
I've watched a lot of awful movies but this one is so terrible that it's not worth talking about. Just forget it exists and move on to literally any other movie.
The writer/director of this makes Ed Wood look like Francis Ford Coppola.
I've watched a lot of awful movies but this one is so terrible that it's not worth talking about. Just forget it exists and move on to literally any other movie.
The writer/director of this makes Ed Wood look like Francis Ford Coppola.
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