This Swiss science fiction movie is one step from perfection, but it shows that even that one step is too much if its too big. Everything is done very well, the atmosphere, the special effects, and the whole vibe of the spaceship. Than you would think it is the acting that is bad, but that [...]
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Based on a short story by Richard Matheson, this very original thriller/science fiction movie is really strange. Although the story is excellent, and by that I mean the box thing the rest is pretty usual, this movie could not hold a decent pace. And it fails to deliver the expected amounts of suspense and vibe. Acting [...]
Many will argue that John Carpenter started to lose it with this flick, and that is true to some extent. There a lot of inconsistencies that plague the movie, and that are plain overlooked. For me the most annoying thing was something that I could not quite define, and than it hit, its the camera. [...]
I think that only the latest Screamers movie was something that I hated and is based on stories of Philip K. Dick (A Scanner Darkly, Impostor, Screamers, Total Recall,Blade Runner). Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise and Max von Sydow, this movie could not fail. Well I guess that big budget and great [...]
You knew that this day would come, and it came. Huh, I did not see Avatar in 3d, or in a theater or under the influence of drugs, and I guess that influenced my review greatly. First of all I must separate two aspects of this movie, one is the special effects and the second [...]
Directed by famous (and now ultra popular Tim Burton) this movie is highly underrated. I guess everyone expecting something more in line of his classic movies, and not this type of parody. So before you check it out, you might wanna check out some of the hype sixties, seventies and even eighties cheesy movies of [...]
Galaxy Quest is a movie about Star Trek and their fans. It is really funny and I liked how they derived humor both from the series and the real life events. So, cast of the cult TV show (that is almost the same as Star Trek) is a strange group of individuals, each with his [...]
Another great adaptation of another great post apocalyptic novel. This time there is no room for humor (like in A Boy And His Dog), or anything hopeful. Only thing that remains is the gray sky and the gray shades of people. The demolished cities and vast emptiness of the land are the scenery. A father [...]
I have not seen this good science fiction movie in a long time. I was a bit lazy and have not seen it for a couple of months because I taught it would be boring, but after i saw it, I realized how wrong I was. Granted, the movie is by general public opinion considered [...]
This forgotten blast from the past you must not miss. It served as an inspiration for the developers of the Fallout video games, and if you played them it will be that much better for you. I just love that post apocalyptic vibe, everything destroyed and the few groups of survivors fighting for what is [...]
First of, this is not a manga cartoon, the style of animation somewhat resembles them but that is due to a lack of money in production. This is a classical Alien ripoff flick. On some strange planet, miners discover a strange object that later on gets picked up by a space ship that needs to [...]
Another Darren Aronofsky masterpiece that redefined science fiction. With three stories that intersect but still are set in different times he really managed to make a work of art, with very strange and abstract scenes with breathtaking beauty. All three stories follow mans quest for eternal love and immortality, a common theme in myths and movies. [...]
This mixture of Alien, Dead Space Downfall and other movies regarding infections on a remote space station is somewhat good. The effects are great, and the production values are good also, but the story is heard a thousand times before, and a couple of plot twists you can sense at the beginning of the flick. [...]
First things first, this is a low budget, poorly constructed and directed movie. Special effects are lame, people are randomly hitting keyboard buttons half of movie, and there are some acting problems. Those are the bad things, but there is one thing that is so good that it overshadows all that crap and that is [...]
I guess this should be the Blade Runner of this decade, and they almost pulled it off. In a future everyone is using surrogates, a robots that look like humans, to their daily activities. Many of the society’s problems are solved this way, but still, as always, there is a resistance movement that does not [...]
I expected more from this movie, given its origin and the director it turned out to be quite confusing and unfinished. But underneath all the problems it is worth watching. There are some borrowed elements from Alien and other movies regarding space stations, but the blend of these motives is pretty decent. Set in the [...]
Set in the 1999 alternative future, this science fiction movie is really something original. Although it uses a familiar subject of memory recording and than reliving it manages to stay on its course. Lenny Nero is a small time memory dealer, providing the people memories of other people so that they can feel that they [...]
A very atmospheric movie, that still did not manage to deliver a final blow to the audience. The story is set in the future, where four powerful corporations rule the world. They are waging war(looks like World War I battles), and during this battles, a ancient machine buried deep in the earth awoke and started [...]
Based on a Isaac Asimov short story “The Bicentennial Man”, this movie stretches to two hours, that is maybe a bit unnecessary, but I guess that the director wanted to show some things seem very long. So this is a story of a android, called Andrew, that managed to develop emotions and interests due to [...]
Now here is a perfect example what will happen if some movie takes itself too seriously. After The Terminator 2, this franchise developed a cult following, and this movie is enveloped in that vibe. There are some glimpses of the creative side, like songs, and use of Arnold, but still, that is not enough. They [...]