DoctorThotcer

Not perfect, not even particularly original, but superior to an awful lot of other sci-fi movies I've watched lately that undoubtedly had a much higher budget, but not half the soul and sincerity of this one.

I only put it on to test my system after a modification, 30 minutes later I realised I was watching the whole thing.

Some critics may call it slow, I say it gave the characters time to breath and develop, at no point was I ever bored, nor did I ever roll my eyes at some dumb act that didn't make sense, and not one over designed CGI pixel monster annoyed me by moving way too much, way too fast.

That last fact alone made me happy to watch it to the end.

This movie tries very hard but reeks of a production that didn't really know what it was doing.

Many times I got the impression something was missing too, whether because of production errors, the poor night lighting or editing, who knows, but narration often has to step in to tell us what's going on, which is always a red flag.

Add to that some giggle inducing deaths plus the final monster reveal being more comedic than scary and you've got the makings of a cult classic.

With some beer and friends it's not your worst choice, certainly it can't be described as boring as the pacing is good.

Worth a look, if you're into that sort of thing.

Yeh this is derivative as heck, but it has a lot of good points, like:

Great sets, costumes, CGI, blocking, lighting, music, sound design and props.

The only slight negative is all the actors and all their dialogue. I don't quite understand how but both of them appear to be AI generated from the prompt 'Every Hollywood Action Movie Cliché From The 80's Please'.

On top of that, for reasons unknown, all the sound tracks are set to 11, except all the dialogue tracks which are set to 1, and they're painfully ADR-ed by what sounds like the original people who voiced the first Resident Evil game.

Other than that, this movie is great!