Although this movie might have been a lot better with a real budget, it suffered from a lack of cash, original subject matter, decent acting and a real storyline. The story had a lot of promise but just never got going, the ending was a little pathetic. The box cover is much better than the movie itself. Zombies in makeup, bandanas and pillows for hunchbacks. Seems like it was shot on video, horrible sound editing. I haven't seen this producers other flicks which also got similarly high ratings but for myself, this movie was a dud. It did have one somewhat gruesome and scary moment in it but that wasn't enough to redeem the movie unfortunately. I'm surprised I found this flick at blockbuster though, they usually edit out the gore, as if they think they are doing us a favour!
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Ice Planet
(2001)
Pass...
16 November 2004
I viewed this last night and it was simply a horrific script, direction, budget and acting. There was almost nothing original in the script, it seemed to take old ideas from about 3 generations of Star Trek and was utterly confusing. It appears by the ending that it was supposed to be a pilot for a continuing series but I don't think any networks would take this up. It could have been promising since the only thing really going for it were the CGI action sequences but the acting was sooo bad that it destroyed the film. The worst actor was the commander. His entire crew were close behind. I'd like to say something positive but I can't. The plot? Basically the earth, and all it's outstations/colonies are under attack by an alien race. They can destroy worlds and earth has nothing that can stop it (kind of like the planet eater in the original star trek or star trek the movie (i think #2 or 3, the one with the dolphins!!). The script had potential right there but tanked from that point forward.
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