The Calculator

This is not really a review, it should be taken more as a collection of impressions of the film.

This movie has crazy potential but it's done so badly that it's almost completely wasted. The film wants to be a great film of social criticism with a dystopian future rendered very well and then transformed into a journey of growth of both positive and negative characters. Talking about the characters they are also very well characterized so where does this film lose its potential? Well a lot is lost with terrible special effects and the rest is terribly wasted with the abominable acting performance.

So so movie, but you will be constantly irritated by dumb woman that follows the main character. She constantly creates problems, but calculator can't calculate that the problem is her.

I stumbled across this by accident and it ended up being better than expected.

The plot is decent and has enough twists to keep your attention throughout. The black & white setting of the planet gives it a stark feel, which works well. CGI effects are good and the swamp creatures are relatively original.

The acting overall is not great but is definitely passable. Evgeniy Mironov stands out in this respect and his performance was excellent throughout.

The inclusion of Vinnie Jones was slightly bizarre although it did get my attention at the start. I watched it in the original Russian so hearing him dubbed was a little odd but you quickly get used to it.

The ending leaves room for a sequel although as far as I can tell, there has not been one?

In conclusion, it won't go down as classic sci-fi, but it is a solid, decent sci-film film that is well worth watching.

I bought it on bluray because i collect scifi b movies and i was pleasently surprised.

Not original but really atmospheric with great ideas for the monsters, good main character and some cool spaceships designs with a tron flavour. Overall i dont think it has major flaws, its simple but fun, and i really enjoyed it.

Very giod b movie which works great in russian too.

A thousand years after mankind began to colonize the stars, this movie takes a look at the planet XT 59. There is only one big city on this planet, surrounded by a wasteland which is full of hostile creatures (most of them rather plants than animals). Ten prisoners are sent into the wasteland and that equals almost a death penalty. They can either make it to an island beyond the wasteland, or they will perish. Ervin (Evgeniy Mironov) and Kristi (Anna Chipovskaya) attempt to cross the wasteland on their own, while the others stay together under the leadership of the brutal criminal Yust (Vinnie Jones), believing he is the only one who can take them across the 'swamp' (actually a stony desert in Iceland) alive...

The Russian original title 'Vychislitel' ('calculator') refers to the special skills of Ervin. He is a rather emotionless guy who calculates his chances to survive very carefully. Thus we get a duel between the thinking man and the violent one, quite the opposite of 'Riddick' where simply only the strong survive. In a good tradition of Russian SF this movie is character driven, and the dialogs between Ervin and Kristi during their voyage are well written. I was less convinced with the off monologues, too wordy, explaining more than necessary, while more important questions remain open, for example the motivation of the government and the reasons for the system. All in all, 'Titanium' aka 'Vychislitel' is an interesting movie, worth watching, but not top of the crop in independent SF.