It starts off smacking of low budget, possibly Indie... But actually all of the elements pull together and really make it work! In my opinion the extremely low ratings are unwarranted.
The acting was a little spotty, some was excellent; some was "not so much" but good enough.
The story was sound, and I appreciate that there weren't long drawn out scenes of silence while the camera portrays "work being done by the characters". Soooo agonizingly common these days both in TV and movies. This one pretty much had something happening all the time.
And what I REALLY appreciate is that it was in a disaster situation, and people trying one idea after the other after the other, hoping that one of them will work. MANY MANY TRIES, that's much more realistic than general big Hollywood shows of thus genre. This meant pretty much constant suspense in a life and death situation.
Was it high art? Probably not. Would I watch it again? Very possibly.
The acting was a little spotty, some was excellent; some was "not so much" but good enough.
The story was sound, and I appreciate that there weren't long drawn out scenes of silence while the camera portrays "work being done by the characters". Soooo agonizingly common these days both in TV and movies. This one pretty much had something happening all the time.
And what I REALLY appreciate is that it was in a disaster situation, and people trying one idea after the other after the other, hoping that one of them will work. MANY MANY TRIES, that's much more realistic than general big Hollywood shows of thus genre. This meant pretty much constant suspense in a life and death situation.
Was it high art? Probably not. Would I watch it again? Very possibly.