Osiris

This movie seemingly came out of nowhere, and even though my expectations were not too high, I have to say that I was immediately interested. The plot summary sounded intriguing and felt like exactly my kind of movie. Sometimes these little trashy flicks with beloved stars who do not get good roles anymore turn out to be hidden gems.

Sadly, that was not the case with Osiris. The movie consists mostly of shootouts between soldiers and aliens, with poor lighting and messy editing. The characters were boring and one-dimensional, and the script felt lazy. I liked the design of the aliens and appreciated that they used mostly practical effects to bring them to life. I would have loved it if the aliens had a different combat style instead of just using some kind of blasters. There is one decently enjoyable hand-to-hand combat scene toward the end, which I definitely would have liked to see more of.

As I mentioned, the characters were not particularly interesting, and Linda Hamilton did not have much to do. So if you are planning on watching this movie because of her, you should probably reconsider. Overall, it is not a terrible movie, and I have to admit that it is actually right up my alley because I love films featuring aliens, especially when a group of people is roaming through an unknown environment. But this one was not able to catch my interest all that much.

For genre fans, it is a decent addition. Otherwise, you should probably skip this flick.

[5.5/10]

Abandon all brains, ye who enter here - this must be your rule if you watch Osiris. The logic failures are too many to count: the aliens are heavily infected with the well-known Stormtrooper syndrome (like the terrorists in the beginning), and our heroes seem to have the unlimited ammo cheat. On top of that, they most of the time forget they got grenades to use or take the powerful alien guns from the dead and just use them... Anyway, if you're able to switch off your brain, you'll get some B-trash action that's entertaining to a certain degree. But in the last third, it runs out of steam and gets boring - too much bumbum and nothing else. In this sense, it reminds me of the last Wick movies, including Ballerina.

Still, the production isn't too bad, and the entertainment factor - if you like this kind of action movie - is okay. Like many movies these days, Osiris mostly lacks a well-written script, and the story and ideas feel like they were just "glued together" by some AI from other action and sci-fi films. To mind come movies like Predator, Pandorum, Doom etc.

What a waste of time!! I should learn by now that when a movie writer and director are the same, the movie is a flop. Cliche from beginning to end, roles and writing, it had a good budget to be better.

A cheap knock off from alien, predator and terminator but in a very very very bad way.

If you are a sci fi fan, don't watch it, it is borderline disrespectful .

Never even having heard about the 2025 movie "Osiris" prior to stumbling upon it. And with it being a movie that I hadn't already seen, and me giving essentially all movies a fair chance, of course I had to check out what director William Kaufman had to offer.

The movie definitely started out in a good way, lots of action from the very beginning and dropping the audience right into it. The good part about the movie was that the action was essentially non-stop. Most of the movie was combat, which definitely had some appeal to me, as I enjoy action. But at the same time, it also meant that this wasn't exactly a movie that thrived on having the most of in-depth and fleshed out world building. Not that it needed it, in my opinion, but it would make for a boring viewing experience for a more refined audience, I suppose.

Now, you might say that "Osiris" felt like writers William Kaufman and Paul Reichelt borrowed extensively from the "Predator" franchise in certain ways. Yeah, there were lots of similarities throughout the movies to that particular franchise.

Of the entire cast ensemble in "Osiris", I was only familiar with Linda Hamilton. The acting performances in the movie were fair. Keep in mind that this was an all-out action movie from start to end, leaving little room for Shakespearian performances of thespian artisan levels.

Visually then the movie was good. It looked and felt like an alien-based environment, as the majority of the movie took place aboard of a space vessel. The alien design was okay, they were towering brutes, which I definitely liked. However, I have to say that their faces were a bit too primitive.

My rating of director William Kaufman's 2025 movie "Osiris" lands on six out of ten stars.

Don't listen to the bad reviews. If you go in knowing it's not a $200 mill production it's actually pretty good and Max Martini plays a great commander. The aliens are like something from the old capcom games, mutants from massive experimentation and dna splicing. There is lots of blood and some gory scenes. All in all great for what it is. Worth a rainy night watch with popcorn.