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Posted By: Ebbemonster at 6:41pm, November 15, 2009
This movie is way better that its reviews! But still it's no classic.
If you enjoyed The Descent, Event Horizon, Doom and Resident Evil, then you will enjoy this movie! It has a simple, yet interesting plot that keeps you interested. The action is good :-) There are "simple" dilemmas close to the ones seen in a movie as Cube. So this movie is by no means original; I'll know what I mean then you see several scenes that are identical to scenes in The Descent!
Still this movie works for SCI-FI action horror movie fans. It is really a monster movie with elements of survival horror. Its a corny good time. Definitely worth checking out.
Posted By: cheluvshorror at 6:37pm, November 5, 2009
This movie may entertain the sci-fi fan members, because of its similarity to the Alien franchise. However, the "aliens" have much different traits that are unlike the classic Aliens from the 1980's franchise, but are creepy to me nonetheless. Directed by Christian Alvart a German/American does a great job of telling a very unique space story in my opinion.
Set in the very distance future in space two crew members Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster awake from a super long hyper sleep and in order to survive they must first discern what has happened to the "mother ship" Elysuim an its few and far between occupants who have been awake and surviving mutant creatures with very fast reflexes. Throughout this film you become knowledgeable of the disorder pandorum, which can leave you suffering from hallucinations and delusion, so the main characters are rediscovering themselves and do not always trust what is on their minds.
This film's casting was "spot on" and I always enjoy veteran Dennis Quaid and the very young up-in-coming Ben Foster who dazzled me in 3:10 to Yuma. I feel his character Bower has the most physical part to play and the only female lead is a first rate kick butt mutant killer.
This movie really makes you think about the future of the earth and what preparations our government might be planning if we continue down the path of our fossil fuel dependence and how the green house effects our depleting our ozone. I am definitely not a scientist, but I do read and keep informed on the environment. And some audiences my not ever care about that part of the plot, its just what I took away from this film.
The mystique and scares where really mostly weak in nature but the killing sequences are rock solid and therefore hard core science fiction fans will not be scared by any means. But, the atmosphere was pretty dark and the story held my attention to the not so surprising end. So I do not recommend sleeping in space for too long and trust no one not even yourself.
This was a really pleasant surprise. It looked good, solid plot, the claustrophobia factor was fairly intense in a couple of scenes and it even had a bit of gore. I liked that it had an old school sci-fi feel. I miss that in most sci-fi movies out today. The creatures weren't bad but the weakest link in my opinion. Solidly good film!
this was a good movie i enjoyed it.
it was just too long and alot of part could have been cut out.
Posted By: vampyreman87 at 10:08pm, October 13, 2009
I swear to god, the only reason why i ever blogged on this site is to find really good horror movies, and so far all it led me to was dogshit, and they gave this movie a shit review, to me this movie took event horizon alien and descent mixed em and got event horizon on speed : pandorum. Sic movie.
i just thought it was mediocre, it wasn't a bad film by any stretch of the imagination but at the same time i wasnt blown away by it. I thought alverts direction became irritating using minimal lighting for everything, i didnt like the look of the creatures they just seemed overly cgi and like something out of I Am Legend to me.
Ben Foster and Denis Quaid however where fantastic and sadly the only real ray of light from the film. The ending was a bit stupid and so blatently stolen from Planet of The Apes and an incredibly convenient way to save our heroes and have a happy ending, i just wished alvert had the balls to end his movie proberly.
On the whole not terrible by any stretch of the imagination but not even in the same league as Event Horizon.
Posted By: chainsawboi25 at 12:27pm, October 2, 2009
This film was so much better than I expected. The film is so dark, atmospheric and absolutely terrifying. It classically builds suspense and tension in the vein of Alien as out characters awake not knowing their situation and move through tight infinitely dark corridors. thecreatures themselves looks great and the film is really well made. It also features good performances from Foster and Gigandet who are absolutely gorgeous as well. If I had one gripe it would be the execution of Pandorum itslef, it seemed a bit confusing to me in the films fantastically twisted finale. But this is a great film people you should check it out think Event Horizon meets the descent meets ghosts of mars. it's hot!
This was MUCH better than I expected it to be. It's funny, the official review says if you like Event Horizon, Alien 3, and Resident Evil you will like this movie... and I LOVED all three of those movies (especially Alien 3 and Event Horizon)...
It's just a really well done "turn your brain off" sci-fi horror with pretty damn cool creatures and a bunch of fun mind twisting shit toward the end. Ben Foster was amazing as usual and I thought the lead girl was incredibly hot!! Surprisingly too Quaid was actually pretty good - much better than his last few movies (im looking at you GI Joe)
The only flaws I thought were A> the ending "twist" is extremely predictable and I guessed it about 1/4 through the movie. and B> as the official review stated, they showed WAY too much of the creatures... although i thought they were well done, they definitely would have been a lot SCARIER if shown far far less. Totally reminded me of the Orcs from lord of the rings mixed with the dudes from Doomsday.
Also being Canadian I was extremely surprised by the 14A rating... I have no idea how this was not 18A as it was R in the states. Do not let the rating fool you, it's got a bunch of nice little gory scenes and some twisted shit with the monsters.
Check it out!!
Posted By: wrongturn687 at 12:07am, September 30, 2009
Alright honestly we have seen this all before with such films as Event Horizon, Alien, Descent and even a little of The Cube, but you know what theres nothing wrong with that because we need more R rated sc-fi horror out there. The problem with this film is that doen't end up doing much from seperating itself from it's other genre counsins. This isn't a bad film by any means, but aside from the bleak, gritty look and errie atmoshpere theres not much here to like. Most of the action sequences are so poorly lighted that you can't tell what's going on and sadly this movie is another casuality of the constant Hollywood trend of SHAKY CAMERA. Seriously so much crap is happening at once that it almost becomes a giant blur. However the strong lead performance by the always great Ben Foster and a decent peformance out the hit or miss Dennis Quaid are still able to make this a somewhat solid sci-fi horor that worth atleast checking out once.
Posted By: E.Rom.Jin at 8:41pm, September 29, 2009
Love the concept albeit I can understand why come people would criticize. I completely enjoyed every minute of this movie watching experience so I cannot complain.
Posted By: riotsquid1408 at 8:28pm, September 28, 2009
i enjoyed it
Posted By: flesheater123 at 6:58pm, September 28, 2009
First the trailers are so miss-leading I thought they gave away the whole movie. I was wrong.
Now the movie, it's a cross between, descent, event, and knowing (one part and you'll know what I mean if you saw the movie)
The first half of the movie was decent, it was to damn dark to see what was happening you couldn't make out the creatures they were to damn fast and everything. ANd then the last half of the movie is what makes it good. There are no name actors in the film expect quaid and foster who both do a great job, they explain what pandorum is, and the ending leaves you with a huge mind fuck. I felt like I was becoming a little case of the pandorum coming down. HA!
there wasn't much gore at all, a few bloody scenes but nothing like we been seeing, its not that kind of film. Its suppose to play on your fears. Is it a good movie yeah its okay. It's cliche as hell, but what isn't these days. its worth the money deft, and its a fun movie that really fucks with your mind.
Posted By: anthony1 at 10:29pm, September 27, 2009
Way too slow and boring. Bad pacing. Copuld of been so much more. Only if it were like the previews made it out to be.
This had the potential to be a great sci-fi horror flick, but to me it lacked in the horror department. The creatures were not scary or original at all. They looked like a mix between the descent creatures and extras in doomsday. The story was also a tad predictable. The only thing that saved it was Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid.
If Alien & The Descent had a baby, this would be it. It was a good film. I was completely satisfied.
Posted By: Jason4eva at 11:52am, September 27, 2009
I had fun with this movie.I seen some major flaws but overall a fun flick.Still something about it turned me off.It was jumpy is about the best aspect.The acting was good.But the film is drug out!BAD!!!! It needed to be atleast 20 minutes shorter.But yea I can see where people think it was like The Descent.Although that film blew this film away!
This is a case of a movie with a great concept and horrible execution. The story is choppy and predictable and the characters are undeveloped archetypes from every other movie of this genre. A perfect example of how poorly written and thought out Pandorum is: the main character asks the female character, of course the super tough super smart geneticist, what the creatures chasing them are. Her response is that she never stayed around long enough to find out but then three minutes later she has piece everything together. Another character knows things that logically he would never know and tells them in a this stupid four year old like way, very reminiscent of the kids explaining their story to Max in Beyond Thunderdome. The bottom line is if you're going to have such an unoriginal concept for a movie you need to do it well and this movie is not done well.
Posted By: MattSlash at 9:11pm, September 26, 2009
Well, the movie really didn't bring anything new or frightening to the genre and is a cross between the films Sunshine, Alien, Moon and The Descent, it sure was entertaining and intriguing enough for me to not walk out. I thought the beginning was very slow moving but once the creatures are revealed the film picks up big time w/ a bunch of @ss kicking and human munching that should satisfy fans of the genre. Ben Foster is the only one that stands out performance wise and his character was the only likable one and one worth rooting for, I also like Antje Traue who plays Nadia but her character is very similar to Alice in the Resident Evil films but I didn't mind it because she kicked some major @ss. There were some creepy, tense moments here and there but I really didn't find anything all that scary but there were some decent twists along the way with a pretty cool ending that was satisfying. Overall if you are looking for the next The Descent, Alien or even Resident Evil or what I was hoping for Event Horizon look elsewhere but if you are diehard sci-fi/fantasy/horror mix fans there are some things you will enjoy and appreciate in this just nothing groundbreaking. Worthy of a rental!
I thought this was really good. It was like the descent in outer space. Very good.
Posted By: persona95 at 4:37pm, September 26, 2009
I've seen this before....but WHERE...oh yeah, The Descent. This movie was interesting but omg it was like de javu the entire time. I am not hardcore downing it, but yeah, I think the monsters were sorta like Descent wannabee's and the story was just a little to close to The Descent. Interesting concept and ending? Yes...Original..NO
Posted By: Aliens Lover at 2:33pm, September 26, 2009
Pandorum scared me a lot last night. Been a while since I saw a movie that made me jump so much. It truly wasn't what I expected. The alien shots were frantic and disturbing - which was pretty cool and a pleasant surprise. I'm a fan of Ben Foster and wasn't disappointed with his performance. The new girl Antje Traue is great too - subdued and unleashed at the same time. I really like her. It was really dark on screen and made the film even creepier and claustrophobic. I recommend seeing it with your friends.
