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Subterano (2003)

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Eleven souls, trapped in an underground carpark, are attacked by deadly, remote controlled toys. Only a few will survive.

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Conrad
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Stone
Alison Whyte ...
JD
Kate Sherman ...
Angie
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Slick
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Cleary
John Clayton ...
Bruce
Anne Tenney ...
Elaine
Scott Swalwell ...
Max
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Cunningham
Christian Marchington ...
Jake
Alyssa-Jane Cook ...
Mary
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Killers, revolutionaries, big business, kids, family, God. Romantic subterfuge. Betrayal. Bounty hunters. People trapped in a subterranean world. Set upon by lethal, remote controlled toys. Scary as hell. Frenetic. Heroic. Funny. Tragic. Sci-fi horror. A game called Subterano. Written by Esben Storm

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Evil lurks on every level...

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Rated R for violence and language | See all certifications »
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28 January 2003 (USA)  »

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Shot in Sydney in 2000, this Australian Sci-fi film was shelved until January 2003, when it surfaced on DVD in the US. It was finally released in its home country (straight to DVD) in November 2003. See more »

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Fun, action-packed sci-fi thriller
19 June 2005 | by See all my reviews

Eleven people are trapped in an underground parking lot, where they must battle their way through it against lethal toys in a real-life virtual-reality game. I rented "Subterano" for no reason in particular, having never read anything about it but passing it hundreds of times on the video store shelf (Lets just say I have a lot of free time on my hands), but upon checking IMDb after renting it I found predominately poor reviews. Perhaps it was because I didn't expect much, I thoroughly enjoyed "Subterano". It may owe one-too-many nods to 1997's brilliant "Cube", and the futuristic clothing may be pretty silly, but there's plenty to like here.

For a low-budget movie, writer/director Esben Storm has done a great job with the film visually. Despite being filmed almost exclusively in a parking lot, the lighting is interesting and attractive (Lots of filters are used in this film to good effect) and there's enough tense action that thing never get boring.

The acting is surprisingly good for the most part, John Clayton and Alex Dimitriades being the best here. Everyone else is good too, but some of the characters could be rather annoying at times (The baby-faced teen girl being a prime example).

The special effects are good. Most direct-to-video films resort to cartoony and unconvincing CG, but here the computer effects are actually quite good, and there are some fun, gruesome death scenes (I'm not going to give them away) here and there. Thankfully, the gore isn't CG.

It's not a perfect film by any means, the script can be thin in places and the music is terrible at times, but "Subterano" was a fun, fast-paced sci-fi thriller that's certainly a stones-throw ahead of the brainless, CGI-laden "sci-fi" films produced by Hollywood these days. Give it a chance and you might like it.

6.5/10.


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