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Release Date:
25 September 2009 (USA)
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Tagline:
Don't fear the end of the world. Fear what happens next.
Plot:
A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities. full summary | full synopsis
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dennis Quaid | ... | Payton |
 | Ben Foster | ... | Bower |
 | Cam Gigandet | ... | Gallo |
 | Antje Traue | ... | Nadia |
 | Cung Le | ... | Manh |
 | Eddie Rouse | ... | Leland |
 | Norman Reedus | ... | Shepard |
 | André Hennicke | ... | Hunter Leader |
| Friederike Kempter | ... | Evalon |
 | Niels-Bruno Schmidt | ... | Insane Officer 'Eden' |
| Asia Luna Mohmand | ... | Child Hunter |
| Delphine Chuillot | ... | Young Bower's Mother |
| Wotan Wilke Möhring | ... | Young Bower's Father |
| Julian Rappe | ... | Young Bower |
| Domenico D'Ambrosio | ... | Wounded Officer 'Eden' |
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Rated R for strong horror violence and language.
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108 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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USA:R (certificate #45512) |
Ireland:16 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) |
Canada:18A (Alberta) |
Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) |
Germany:16 |
South Korea:18 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
UK:15 |
Hong Kong:IIB
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The movie was originally planned to be shot on video as a low-budget feature for $200,000, in an abandoned paper mill with unknown actors until Impact Pictures read the script and showed interest. Writer Travis Milloy never thought it would be considered as a studio production because of it's dark tone.
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the beginning of the movie they showed dust all over the gadgets in the control room. Spaceships are supposed to be sealed and hence no chance of that much dust gathering on the gadgets. However, dust consists mostly of human skin. Since we don't know how long Cooper (the missing third officer) has been in the room before he disappeared, he might be the source of the dust.
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I saw Pandorum last night and was somewhat impressed with the movie. After reading critics reviews, and how they trashed it, I was going in expecting less and was pleasantly surprised.
Pandorum borrows heavily from other sci-fi movies, but what movie doesn't nowadays. Taking a lot of ideas from Alien, a 1979 classic sci-fi movie, and borrowing the creatures from The Descent, another near classic movie from a few years ago, Pandorum was still impressive. The storyline wasn't completely original because it reminded me a lot of Event Horizon, but whereas Pandorum went more for a science level, Event Horizon was more supernatural. Most people trashed Event Horizon as well, but it was another movie I liked also, even though the ending of that movie was flawed. Of course I'm reviewing Pandorum, so I won't mention the former film anymore.
THe cast for the most part was rather good for a movie of this type. Ben Foster, and Dennis Quaid are the two most marketable names, but the other characters, outside of maybe the Cam Gigandet character, worked pretty good. My only real problem with Gigandet was that he overacted a bit, but otherwise everything was good.
The movie does claustrophobia well, and the entire movie had me jumping a lot. THere was tension, and for the most part the film was fast paced. I didn't find myself looking at my watch one time. THe visuals were decent, but the creatures should've been kept in the shadows more. Horror works best when the viewer uses his/her own imagination to visualize them.
Did I say horror. Well yeah because this is really a sci-fi horror film more along the lines of Alien as mentioned above. It doesn't match the classic status of that movie, but Pandorum is worth seeing for its psychological feel and how some people might act after being in space for so long. By the way, the movie does have a twist, which I will not spoil for anyone who wants to see it.
Note: THis is a film that may make most of its money on DVD, and will likely acquire somewhat of a cult status.