Pandorum (2009)

Two crew members of a spaceship wake up from hypersleep to discover that all their colleagues are missing. Despite this, it appears that they are not alone.

Director:

Christian Alvart

Writers:

Travis Milloy (screenplay), Travis Milloy (story)

Stars:

Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet

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 (as André M. Hennicke)
Friederike Kempter	...	Evalon
Niels-Bruno Schmidt	...	Insane Officer 'Eden' (as Niels Bruno Schmidt)
Asia Luna Mohmand	...	Childhunter (as Luna Mohmand)
Delphine Chuillot	...	Young Bower's Mother
Wotan Wilke Möhring	...	Young Bower's Father
Julian Rappe	...	Young Bower
Domenico D'Ambrosio	...	Wounded Officer 'Eden'

Storyline

Two crew members are stranded on a spacecraft and quickly - and horrifically - realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can't remember anything: Who are they? What is their mission? With Lt. Payton staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter, Cpl. Bower ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking, deadly secrets are revealed...and the astronauts find their own survival is more important than they could ever have imagined.

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Plot Keywords:

spaceship | survival | future | outer space | survival horror | 

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Taglines:

Don't fear the end of the world. Fear what happens next.

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Genres:

Action | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

18A

Did You Know?

Trivia

Travis Milloy wrote a preliminary script which was set on a prison ship. The characters Nadia and Manh were inmates. Bower was a non-prisoner, who didn't trust anyone. The producers gave the script to director Christian Alvart, who was shocked by the similarities to his own screenplay titled 'No Where.' His dramatic story was about 4 astronauts aboard a 'settlers' ship,' who suffer from amnesia. Alvart decided they should weld the 2 screenplays together, and the producers and Milloy agreed.

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Goofs

As with many space-based movies the whole issue of gravity creates a problem however, unusually, in this case it is a character error as opposed to a plot hole or a revealing mistake. It is revealed at the end of the movie that the space ship has already landed on an earth-like planet, so is is perfectly reasonable that earth-like gravity applies throughout the movie, however the fact that this gravity is present on board should have revealed to the wakening crew that they were not traveling through open space.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Recorded Voice: You're all that's left of us. Good luck, God bless, and godspeed.

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Crazy Credits

The initial end credits intersperse with interiors of the Elysium. As well as some slight video static with the scrolling credits.

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Connections

Referenced in Mr. Plinkett's Star Trek 2009 Review (2010)

User Reviews

Worth the money.. no really heh

Better than you'd expect. I was shocked that movies like this.. can still sell and be good enough to watch. The theater was packed. Nobody was disappointed. Grade A- acting. Intense action! New superstars will emerge from this one. I won't spoil it by telling you who. You'll see. Rating >> 8.1

Antibodies director Christian Alvart takes suspense into space with this tale of two astronauts who realize that they aren't alone as they drift into the darkest corners of our galaxy. Awakening in their hyper-sleep chamber with no memory of who they are or what their mission is, disoriented astronauts Lt. Payton (Dennis Quaid) and Corporal Bower (Ben Foster) gradually surmise that they are the only ones aboard the darkened spacecraft. But how did they get here, and what are those strange sounds coming from the belly of the ship? The only way out of their hyper-sleep chamber is a narrow air shaft, and the only one small enough to climb through it is Corporal Bower. As the younger of the two space travelers shimmies inside, the older remains behind to offer guidance on the radio transmitter. But the deeper Corporal Bower ventures into the ship, the more apparent it becomes that something horrible has happened. Could it be that the survival of the entire human race rests in the hands of these two astronauts stuck on a lonely ship in deep space?

Details

Official Sites:

Official site Official site [France]

Country:

Germany UK USA

Language:

English Vietnamese German

Release Date:

25 September 2009 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Pandorum

Filming Locations:

Studio Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany

Box Office

Budget:

$33,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,424,126, 27 September 2009

Gross USA:

$10,330,853

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$20,648,328

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film, Impact Pictures, Studio Babelsberg

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS (uncredited)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1