Pandorum (2009)

Fine little piece of horror-sci-fi: humans fighting on a great space vessel against blood- and flesh-craving beasts. Great visuals, solid acting and a decent script make this movie a real nice watch, and the end even got a little surprise for us. Good - if you like the combination of space sci-fi and horror.

Paul W S Anderson is one of the producers so lower your expectations.By 2174 planet Earth is overpopulated and resources are scarce. has reached a limit. A giant spaceship has been constructed, a kind of ark sent out to deep space. The spacecraft Elysium is heading for planet Tanis which can sustain life.The crew are sent to hyper sleep for the long flight. Corporal Bower (Ben Foster) wakes up due to a malfunction in his pod. He is unsure where he is and suffers from amnesia. Lieutenant Payton (Dennis Quaid) also wakes up and discover that the ship's reactor is not working. Bower goes to fix it but realises that the ship has sinister secrets.As Bower goes through the dark passages he finds out that there are mutant cannibal figures, super strong lightning fast and out for flesh. Payton discovers that after the ship was launched, some of the crew went mad and regressed. Bower comes across some isolated survivors, members of the crew who have awoken and fighting to survive from the mutants. Pandorum has an incoherent story, it is a mess and borrows from other films. It has bits of Alien, Event Horizon, Sunshine, even Fight Club.A lot of the film takes place in the dark, it keeps the budget down. The mutants are there for jolts and make no sense. Humans do not mutate in hundreds of years and given their abilities, the mutants should have killed everyone in the ship by now.Despite the derivative feel of the film, Ben Foster keep the film going. It has enough action and mystery to be passably entertaining and I liked the ending.

I really like this movie, in my deepest thoughts I was thinking, alien covenant would have been like this movie... great concept, great director, very good actors and actress involved.I wish big producers would have the humility of listening to these new writers that come up with very original stories.

I've actually tried to watch this on three different occasions, don't ask me why, but do know that I've never finished and won't try again.Dark? Guess they spent all the budget on glow sticks and flashlights.Noisy? Yes, but why? We usually don't know what the sounds mean? Shaky cam? Sigh, yes. Continuity? Early on, Bower uses a cool looking razor to remove his bristle. Something startles him mid-shave, but he's next thing we see, he's completely shaven.Don't try this once, let alone three times. I always give 1 out of 10 when I can't be bothered to finish.