Ice Planet

This is actually very good science fiction. As most of this movie does NOT consist of giant robots fighting each other, stupid people probably shouldn't try to watch. There is lots of plot, although the dialog can be sketchy at times. The whole thing move fast enough that you actually have to think about whats going on. The effects are last generation but the delivery is erstwhile.

This movie does not bore us with endless fighting sequences. It takes the time to develop a complex plot line while sparing us the details of character development. As many of the characters seem to be arch-types one could surmise they would receive further treatment if the series were produced.

This movie is a surprise gem. Far far better than Syfy has ever produced on it's own.

In an undefined future, the human race is attacked by some alien force and Earth planet is destroyed. The military and civilian crew of a space base become the survivals of the human race, escaping before the attack in a state-of-art spacecraft to an unknown coordinates in the universe, following direct orders of Senator Jeremy Uvan (Reiner Schöne). They arrive in a mysterious ice planet through a hyperspace gateway, and they are informed that the project of the spacecraft and the coordinates were informed by an unknown alien race. They fight against the enemy and begin life in a new world. "Ice Planet" is a confused collection of many sci-fi movies. There are battles, like in "Star Wars", the military and civilian humans wear costumes and look like the characters of "Star Trek" and escapes like in "Galactica", a spacecraft is built to get people to a new world, like in "Contact" and so on. The problem is the horrible screenplay, where the characters are badly developed, the situation of the war between humans and aliens is not explained and there is no connection between the most important elements of the plot. This film seems to be a pilot movie of a series, and probably in the middle of the shooting, the budget was cut, becoming a huge patch of scenes already shot. At least this was my impression. In the end, "Ice Planet" is a watchable and forgettable German Sci-fi B-Movie, indicated only for fans of this genre for killing time in a rainy night. My vote is five.

Title (Brazil): "Planeta do Gelo" ("Ice Planet")

German-Canadian producers hurry up to bring two foreigners leading stars the native American Wes Study, James O'Shea and the nisei Sab Shimono aiming for entering in the profitable American market, all remainder casting come together in this ultra-complex Science Fiction without mention the date whereby it takes place, an inscrutable post-apocalyptic screenplay which just 10% of mankind came to die by fallout, so many spaceships surround the earth planet.

Out of the blue a kind the menacing asteroid reaches at our solar system and it somehow sent the earth spaceship no another dimension ends up in an Ice Planet, there some ancient natives were found, also a strange frozen thee provides some unknown info about earthlings future, anyway the viewers stayed puzzled trying understanding such weirdo offering, aside some fine early CGI that soften the suffering allied a some gorgeous girls around.

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First watch: 2008 / How many: 2 / Source: DVD / Rating: 4.

The film it's self was not that bad ... I have seen worst . I think the problem with this movie , was that it was written for a pilot series and therefore you had to many elements and not enough character development.

Also the film was a German production and you just don't have the budget that you would receive in an American Produced Si-Fi .....And what do you mean that there were not any known Actors.... What about ...Wes Studi he is probably one of the best Native American actors that there is... films like "Heat" etc

I viewed this last night and it was simply a horrific script, direction, budget and acting. There was almost nothing original in the script, it seemed to take old ideas from about 3 generations of Star Trek and was utterly confusing. It appears by the ending that it was supposed to be a pilot for a continuing series but I don't think any networks would take this up. It could have been promising since the only thing really going for it were the CGI action sequences but the acting was sooo bad that it destroyed the film. The worst actor was the commander. His entire crew were close behind. I'd like to say something positive but I can't. The plot? Basically the earth, and all it's outstations/colonies are under attack by an alien race. They can destroy worlds and earth has nothing that can stop it (kind of like the planet eater in the original star trek or star trek the movie (i think #2 or 3, the one with the dolphins!!). The script had potential right there but tanked from that point forward.