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Paradox Alice (Originally titled The Serpent, The Prophet And The Angel) is a very unusual scifi effort.

It tells the story of a world stricken with a lack of clean drinking water to an extent where wars are breaking out globally because of it. A ship manned by 4 people is on a desperate mission to acquire water from space and are on their way back. On route however (No spoilers here) a very unusual event transpires that changes everything and possibly the entire fate of humanity.

The "Thing" in question is very original and quite well thought through, sadly it makes for some very uncomfortable viewing.

Now recently I was debating a very bizzare point in the movie industry. According to statistics around 80% of Americans identify themselves as Christian, so why is it that almost everytime A Christian is shown in a movie they are a dangerous, unhinged and/or "Wacky"? You'd think that wouldn't be the case.

This movie is a perfect example. We have a devout Christian, a young man who begins obnoxious and escalates to highly dangerous and arguably the movies antagonist. He even quotes Leviticus, part of which is "'Anyone who curses their God will be held responsible; anyone who blasphemes the name of the Lord is to be put to death". Now this frustrates me because people instantly slate the Quran claiming its full statements that tell it's followers to be violent and kill unbelievers while wearing lead blinkers that prevent them from acknowledging that the bible does as well.

I've gone off on a tangent, my apologies. Bottom line is religious antagonists are a double edged blade. They are bad guys you want to see defeated but at the same time are far too relatable as you don't need to go far to find one in the real world.

Paradox Alice has some great ideas but too much is badly flawed. Credit to the cast, credit to the filmmakers but it's one of those films that really gets under your skin more than was intended.

The Good:

Some great ideas

Looks good

Has a certain charm to it

Detestable antagonist

The Bad:

That Christian kid needed dropkicking into space from the outset

Premise has some weirdly uncomfortable moments

Finale was a let down

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Christian logic "If I'm a good person then God will protect me" also Christian logic "The entire earth has been destroyed and everyone is dead, god has a plan"

I don't understand why stunt boobs are a thing

Granted, I am not overly keen on sci-fi movies, if it isn't "Star Wars". But still, I was given the chance to sit down and watch the 2012 movie "Paradox Alice", and since I had the time available, I decided to sit down and watch it.

Sure, I had not even heard of the movie, nor did I know who starred in it, much less knew what the movie was about. I knew it was a sci-fi movie, and that was about it.

Let me just say that "Paradox Alice" was not a movie that tickled me in any right places. I managed to endure 41 minutes of the movie before I called it quits and will never return to finish the movie. Actually, I was ready to quit about 30 minutes into it, but decided to give the movie a second chance, as it might just actually pick up and become interesting.

But it just didn't do so.

The storyline is mundane, bordering on being downright boring actually, and not enough happened in the 41 minutes I endured to make it the least bit interesting. And it didn't help the movie that the characters were flaccid, two dimensional, cardboard cutouts that simply blended into one another and you just didn't really invest anything into them.

As for the acting, then I will say that the actors and actresses were actually doing fair enough jobs with their given roles and characters, but it was a shame that they were held back by a lousy and mundane script.

For a sci-fi movie, then "Paradox Alice" was not an impressive gem. This movie came and went without leaving a mark on the sci-fi genre. And my rating of "Paradox Alice" is a three out of ten stars, solely based on the production level and the effort that they people put into making it.

Looks cheap, sounds cheap, acting was bad but that could be the cheesy script and poor direction. It's as if the writers were trying to deliver some faith based message but ended up with some lousy soft core space porn. A stupid story and a cringe worthy video.

The other reviews with spoilers pretty much sum it up -it's garbage. I watched it out of curiosity while killing two hours waiting for rotisserie chicken to fully cook.

Chicken got 10 stars, movie got 1.

The Amazon Prime synopsis refers to this trash as a "cornerstone in the new paradigm of .. Sci-Fi" then compares itself to a good film "Gravity".

There is absolutely no comparison, this whole movie is garbage, mostly because of the storyline and bad body double editing.

The story is awful, the men are stupid, the morph-woman is weak and THE WORST PART is that the twisted religious content and MYSOGYNISTIC trash was approved and directed by a woman!!

How could anyone produce this crap, I'm angry at myself for watching it.

I will also complain to Amazon. I am offended to my core.

Nearly every aspect of this movie is just plain lousy. The acting performances were some of the worse I've seen. The score, although produced using a full orchestra, simply overpowered the drama -- it went way over the top, especially in the beginning of the film. It was too literal and too much. And the dialogue sounded artificial as if it was not meant to be read out loud.

There were all kinds of plot holes and inconsistencies. Although the story had a somewhat original core plot involving an incredible character "development", it failed to follow through with the story. And the ending was completely indecipherable and incongruent. It had no connection whatsoever with the rest of the film -- it looked as if it was composed of scenes from another movie. The worst ending of a film I've ever seen.

The rest of the elements of the film were equally as bad. The cinematography was poorly executed with most scenes under-lit. And the special effects and sets were barely up to mid 20th-century standards, let alone a film released in 2013.

Definitely not worth the time.

Triggers: strobe effects; gender stereotypes; all-white cast; textual content at ~180 wpm; graphic vomiting; graphic impalement; war; graphic body metamorphosis; torture; rape; gory decapitation; denigration of religion (anti-Catholic/anti-Christian)

Paradox Alice one of the deepest movies I've seen, and the writing is excellent. It reminds me of "No Exit" the Existential literary work of Jean-Paul Sartre. The characters are complex depiction of religious zealotry in a high-tech future is brilliant.

The movie is written and produced by some people who work in Hollywood who decided to get together and just do a movie on their own. It's atypical of Hollywood cookie-cutter formulatic story lines. This movie isn't for everyone. The themes are mature, but well-done in an apocalyptic setting. While it's not chock full of exploding aliens and other such effects, the cinematics are strong and the writing really makes this movie. It kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish.

For some unknown reason i watched this movie to the end (I fast fowarded through the last 30 minutes). It had potential but spiraled out of control into a convoluted mess. Don't waste your time with this one. Trust me.

The description compared this movie to "Gravity", those two movies are not even in the same Universe! This is a total waste of time. Terrible writing, acting, lighting, editing, story line......I have read most of the other reviews and just can't pile on to the negative comments except to say the American flags on their right sleeve are backwards.

Don't waste your time, go watch the grass grow. One star for the female actors.

How does a movie like this get made?!??

Cringe worthy storyline and limp acting.

The men are stupid, the morph woman was weak and the story line shouldn't have been seriously approved. .. EVER!

I gave this movie a go cause I had heard about it from a friend. It's clear from the first couple images that this is a low budget movie. That being said, it was really well done and left me wanting more. I won't lie there is some very tough subject matter stuff going on here. And I admire the film makers for taking such a chance. It's more of a character piece than action porn science fiction. The movie's themes and concepts have stuck with me for days now. It's that cool and original. The acting was decent. The cinematography was nice. The space effects were not on a production level you would see in GRAVITY or PROMETHEUS (hence a low budget movie) but they worked. I recommend for those wanting smart and philosophical science fiction. Not as good as something you would see a major studio release but hands down better than anything original I've seen on the SyFy Channel.

THE INVASION OF THR COUCH CRITICS! !!

Wow, so many 1's..... ya know what a 1 tells ME?......several Things:

First It tells me the person watched 15 mins and went to writin!!!!

2) it tells me the person was "Playing on their Phone, Conversing, or otherwise distracted, and paid little Attention to the Movie.

3) it tells me they don't know how to relax! They are people that are always on edge, and has to find Fault in something, anything, to make them feel more "Knowledgeable"....

4 ) also tells me they don't know how to watch a Decent Sci-Fi or any other movie without LOOKING for the BAD in it, instead of at least going in with an Open Mind, like a reasonable, intelligent, Adult and TRY to find the Good!

Look at the Budgets on these Movies people.

How many of you actually LOOK at the Budget? You MUST learn to base your decisions on facts, and other factors like BUDGET!

Do YOU think you could do BETTER? Yeah? Why aren't we reviewing YOUR Movies then! And think of ALL the "1's" YOU would get if you bumbled your way thru the making of a Movie!

This was. GREAT little Movie! Kept me entertained thruout, good acting, make up, Costume, effects, what can you POSSIBLY have to complain about?

The StoryLine was UNIQUE, and Fresh! Never saw anything like it! I thought it was Great!

A Great Pixxa/"B" Movie Night and VOILA! We got a Good one!

Relax! Take a Chill Pill and RELAX! You'll enjoy your Movies a WHOLE lot Better!

The special effects are passable, the cast is not bad, but the script with its stereotypical characterizations and dialogue really does nothing to help with what could have been a decent sci-fi movie. Some good action scenes but not enough to save the film. ** 1/2