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Pandorum (2009) Certificate 15

Pandorum
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Rated 3.0 stars
Average rating
(60%)
 
Starring: Dennis Quaid | Ben Foster | Cam Gigandet | Antje Traue | Cung Le | Eddie Rouse | André Hennicke | Norman Reedus
Director: Christian Alvart
Studio: ICON HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time: 108 mins
Genres: Horror | Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Thriller
Languages: English
Hearing-impaired: English
Released: February 15, 2010

Two astronauts (Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster) awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can't remember anything. Who are they? What is their mission? With Lt. Payton staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter, Cpl. Bower ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking, deadly secrets are revealed, and the astronauts find their own survival is more important than they could ever have imagined.

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50 out of 50 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 4.0 stars
Surprisingly good

Dangermous3 from , 3rd October, 2009

Went to watch this film over the weekend after booking tickets online. Then finding out that this film was made by the same director that brought us the terrible Resident Evil films.So i guess we were kinda expecting an abomination of a film. Surprisingly the film looks and feels very creditable (Unlike Resident Evil) with plenty of tension,curiosity and the odd jumping outta yeah seat moment.The creatures i thought looked fairly good, To begin with you only see glimpse of them, as they move very quickly when moving in for the kill. The camera movement also helps with the fast pace of the creatures. Its hard to say where I've seen similar creatures before, but they look very tribal with their face paint and markings. There's also a couple of twists at the end of the film, which was kinda unexpected. FILM STORY Two astronauts awake from deep space hibernation with no memory of who/where they are. After finding themselves in a dilemma with no power throughout the gigantic spaceship, and to make matters worse they cannot find anybody else remaining on the ship.They set out to replenish the power to the generator in a hope to find the lost members of the crew.They soon realise that something else is with them on the ship, and they ain't particularly friendly.But after awhile both astronauts start doubting their mental state of mind. Maybe these astronauts are simply experiencing hallucinations, Another well documented case of Pandorum, a condition ( Sickness) of amorality and delusions of power,that arise from prolonged deep space hibernation. One things for certain, only time will tell...but under the circumstances, times one thing that's not on there side. Help isn't coming.

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19 out of 21 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 0.0 stars
RUBBISH!

A Customer from Farnborough, 15th October, 2009

This is boring. Don't waste your time. Doesn't compare to Alien, and they have used the same creatires from the decsent. CRAP!

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18 out of 18 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 3.0 stars
Worth a watch

A Customer from Latvia, 14th October, 2009

There are some excellent story lines to this film, the performances are good, the action ok, the special effects are good. The only problem i had was that the film just skimmed along the top of a possibly excellent story. The ending is excellent though. Maybe not worth a cinema trip but worth renting.

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10 out of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Rated 0.0 stars
Yawn

Angelus78 from , 17th February, 2010

I was really looking forward to this film but within 10 minutes was very dissapoitned. Ben Foster is tottally miss-cast as the hero and it has no oringinallty. I suggest renting these 3 films instead of Pandorum The Descent Aliens Evenet Horizon

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Rated 2.5 stars
Ruined by dodgy film making

Crazycranners from , 21st March, 2010

This film had the premise of being a cult classic, but unfortunately the excellent story line was ruined by some shoddy film making. The film doesn't relay the story very well, the editing cuts to and from sequences with about as much subtlety as a brick and this lack-luster approach to the film left me more annoyed than anything because it made it hard to understand what was going on... Must try harder next time!

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Rated 3.0 stars
Sci Fi surprise

Jimjitsu from , 19th March, 2010

If you like Event Horizon and Aliens then this little gem should be right up your street. It's quite tense throughout with a decent storyline based around a bunch of nasty flesh-eating aliens munching their way through the ship's crew.

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Rated 2.0 stars
Sloppy editing

Dungbeetle from , 16th March, 2010

The inconsistent editing undermined the suspense and made it hard to follow the plot. The many dark scenes presented to create suspense confused this viewer let alone the cast. Short attention span sufferers if there are such creatures will be lost from the start. Too many events that have been done before and better. However the effects were okay and the cast reasonable.

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Rated 5.0 stars
Fantastic Film

A Customer from London, 16th March, 2010

Turn the lights out and watch in the dark. This film is brilliant. I loved the story and found myself on the edge of my seat.

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