Humanity's End (2009)

With a $10 dollar budget and a 6 pack of beer, could have made something better in a McDonalds. As for acting ability. Small ego boost for Someone with less than no charm and Zero talent. Credit to the sfx guys And the female cast that managed to put up with this dribble. With respect... please don't make another picture

I do enjoy Sci-Fi movies when they're done right. Humanity's End did have some good ideas going for it, and is a better movie than I expected it to be if suffering from some very big problems. Technically it's not too bad, I've seen far worse looking films especially from The Asylum. The sets are colourful, the galactic backgrounds are wholly convincing, the ships, their interiors and the planets look cool and the photography is not too choppy. The film at least has some kind of pace(if not particularly exciting), it starts very promisingly and the females are very cute and sexy. Unfortunately while there are far worse out there, the graphics can be quite bad, the nephalium fleet doesn't look remotely convincing and the movements can look unnatural. The explosions are too diluted and somewhat outdated as well. The acting is not particularly good either, the sexiness of the females isn't enough to disguise their blandness and the lead, especially his voice, is really annoying. Their characters don't engage at all, and often act like idiots. But what really sinks Humanity's End is how poor the writing is. The script is made up too much of cheesy humour and jargon that definitely sounds made up which confuses things significantly. The story has some good ideas, that are either never expanded upon or don't make any sense and there isn't really much of a structure either. Overall, decent to look at but poorly written, had much potential but could've been much better. 4/10 Bethany Cox

This one came outta nowhere. I read the short Netflix summary about the last man and woman on the run from a genocidal alien race and said to myself-- "Okay, low B grade straight to DVD hack job about survival of last human couple scurrying about some industrial pit that the viewer is supposed to pretend is an alien planet." Yeah, right. . .but hey! Why not?I ordered it-- figuring on some ridiculous fluff to pass a Friday nighter.Not surprisingly, the opener started with a morphed alien voice proceeding to give us a NARRATED short History of the Galaxy that went way too long and didn't really explain the difference or the connection between Humans, Neanderthals, Nephelim, Nazis, Cyborgs and Huh-what? I went for an iced tea from the fridge and the Voice-over was STILL going. Then by the time I'm debating whether to just pop the disk and go to iTunes, the scene goes to Space and planets and starships and explosions and Starships and fleets and planetary invasions and more starships and more explosions. . .Well, I have to admit, I sat thru it and was like: Well Yeah! I STILL didn't quite know WHY all the starships and invasions and explosions were happening. . .but they looked awful good and I'm a sucker for decent FX.Now from that point, the story will try and bring in this captain and his ship and his crew. The problem is this: Is this a drama? or is it a Funny? And the producers seem to understand this problem, because just before I get too puzzled, I'm straightaway mesmerized with more Starships, and Stargates and explosions and starfleets and explosions. . .At this point, I'm beginning to feel like I'm being played. But geez, those FX were pretty nifty!!But then they try the dialogue and plot thing again. And the hero captain tries the uneven Funny thing again and then More explosions and Starfleet FX and blue skinned people and more humanoid people who are not human. . .I think.Then came the ending-- with yet ANOTHER Narrative Voice-over (after yet another long dose of Starships & Explosions and liberal use of Medium yield Tactical Nukes)I scratched my head and said: "Huh?"So. . .VERY Uneven. GREAT FX! Storyline & characters BARELY made cohesive sense, but GREAT FX! If anything, I now take back my long-standing gripe with Lucasfilms and the StarWars Saga-- Imagine if Lucas tried to squeeze all 5 to 6 Star Wars movies into 90 Minutes. One would have somewhat the same result, some spots of dialogue, some odd humor, a LOT OF STARSHIPS & EXPLOSIONS & STARSHIPS and then. . .The End. Not Good.Best fit for this movie: a Saturday afternoon when you don't wanna leave the house. Pop this one in the player and watch the FX while you doing other stuff, like browsing the net or remote managing your servers or yakking with your buddies.GREAT FX, Though!!

It's probably exactly what you expect..Rarely do films actually 'Surprise!' you these days...with all the hype given to any movie (regardless of how odd or bad) with a large budget, you get an idea of the movie...especially after a few reviews, what your friends say, and so on and so on....Well the same goes for these movies...the one's you 'Don't' hear about...You don't see the 'stars making the rounds on all thee late night talk shows, promoting their newest flick (& always pretending they have 'no-idea' what the clip is they brought with them)...So these films end up in the usual places...the bargain bins, the blockplaces will have a single copy (usually) and then there's Redbox...who unlike most places, let's you know upfront they have a mixture of the the best movies as they're released and tell you honestly that they have some genuine 'B'- movies...So, yeah, rent this one if you like sci-fi flicks, realizing it was done on a less than stellar budget and cut everyone involved with it some slack...The great thing about it is 'You might just find a real gem' among the 'B'-Movies available, but don't expect it...This has some good points and some low spots...But then again, keep in mind it had a 'B' budget too...