terrencepatrix

Yes it's true, there's no dialogue in this movie, but there isn't any need for dialogue because if you pay attention the movie lays out it's narrative through it's direction and actions of the protagonist. The story itself is fairly simple, it's exactly what you see in the trailer, an alien invasion and a lone young woman fighting for her life.

What this movie doesn't have is exposition. No one is here to hold your hand through the movie, no ones here to explain it, because...duh..."No One Will Save You". We're in the dark throughout the movie as is the protagonist and expected to pay attention to the fairly obvious clues to get an idea of what's going on. And even then don't go in expecting a huge reveal at the ending, we're not meant to know too much, and if done right that's what I consider good sci-fi. It should bewilder and confuse you sometimes and this movie manages to do that while keeping a very tight pace with plenty of action to keep you engaged.

The CGI isn't the best, you can tell this was done on a moderate budget, but it's serviceable. The lead actress was surprisingly scrappy, she's like a tiny little terminator with the abuse she takes and manages to get back up. If you're a big sci-fi and action fan and you don't expect too much I don't see why you wouldn't like this movie.

This show is just sort of baffling. They took an interesting concept and completely ruined it by over dramatizing every single little thing. I'm not sure how much is scripted or how much people were coached but every single person (except Summer) is completely unlikable. The cast pretends like they're all so invested in this "experiment" and how they want to reach the finish line together as a team. They say all these positive things when the reality is they're the most self-righteous and self centered people you can find. The women are the absolute worst, they constantly find any reason to be offended and resort to group bullying every single episode while pretending they're actually the victims.

And this all takes place in less than 3 weeks time, which really isn't that long of a period of time. The people are all just so ridiculously fake and shallow, the challenges are lame, the constant swapping of contestants is too frequent and takes up the bulk of the show. It's over dramatic shallow trash at the end of the day only good for a hate watch. Summer is gorgeous so I gave it an extra point.