An average movie

To be honest, I wasn't really sure what to expect from this flick but since I'm a sucker for Science-Fiction features, I thought I might as well give it a try. Eventually, I thought it was actually not bad at all. Sure, there was really nothing original and pretty much everything was taken from some other SF classics, above all the Alien franchise. And yet, I really enjoyed the whole amnesia thing and it was pretty neat that they kept the viewers as long as possible in the dark. In fact, they should have removed the intro which gave away really too much information right from the start. Indeed, imagine if they would have started the movie right away with Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster waking up from their hypersleep without remembering anything. That would have been really awesome. It was also a nice touch to have one character speaking a different language making it almost impossible for them to communicate with each other. Still, it was entertaining, they managed to provide a nice claustrofobic mood and, once again, Ben Foster displayed that he is one of the most underrated actors at work nowadays. To conclude, in spite of its flaws, I think it remains a decent SF feature and it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

6/10