I read the (only) critics review before deciding to watch this "film". It was overly optimistic. Generally I don't write reviews but after losing 140 minutes of my life to that film I believe it would be a disservice to society at large if I didn't counter the critics review with an honest appraisal.
While I commend the production team for even being able to create a film with a budget of approximately $7000 US, which is an accomplishment in itself in current economic times the result doesn't necessarily justify the investment. While yes production values (from a quality perspective) could have been better (it rates just below a made for TV C List movie), editing wasn't bad and the male lead wasn't terrible (but by no means good either). With the exception of the male and female lead who turned in an average performance the rest of the cast were either bizarre choices or so dead-pan and flat in delivery it was at times painful to watch.
The critic compared this to the caliber of Star Trek's Wrath of Khan. Yes - seriously! So I thought, how bad could it be - to rate alongside the epic story of Khan it must have some merit, right? Wrong. The story line is plausible and expected (not essentially good characteristics when combined) indicating that the screen play needs an extensive rework. The "special effects" don't detract from the film but they don't really add to the story either. I can see that there were some relatively good plot elements but in it's entirety, the taste level, the lack of depth of character development, the total absence of intelligent dialogue, the monotone character delivery and high school grade drama just left me wishing I had taken an afternoon nap instead. "The Critic" is not doing the film any favors by drawing parallels to cinema and science fiction classics. Giving an honest review or classifying the film accurately as (at best) a made for TV sci-fi you could happily waste an afternoon with, as long as you didn't have high expectations, would be far more beneficial to both the film-maker and an unsuspecting public.
