Dark Space (2013)

When their shuttle is damaged on the way to Centari Five, six friends are forced to crash land on the surface of a mysterious alien planet. Stranded with little hope of rescue, it soon ... See full summary »

Director:

Emmett Callinan

Writer:

Emmett Callinan (screenplay)

Stars:

Keith Reay, Steve West, Alana Dietze

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Keith Reay	...	Devin
Steve West	...	Jack
Alana Dietze	...	Shelly
Tonya Kay	...	Flower
Joseph Darden	...	Shaun (as Joe Darden)
Avital Ash	...	Kristy
Sharlene Brown	...	Spaceport Attendant
Freddie Johnson	...	Soldier 1
Timothy Martin	...	Soldier 2 (as Tim Martin)
Blake Edgerton	...	Soldier 3
Preston James Hillier	...	EVS Commander Mahoney
Francisco Espalliat	...	Extra Terrestrial 1
Jose Rosete	...	Extra Terrestrial 2
Marcus Jordan	...	Extra Terrestrial 3
Jeff Savage	...	Spaceport Computer Voice

Storyline

When their shuttle is damaged on the way to Centari Five, six friends are forced to crash land on the surface of a mysterious alien planet. Stranded with little hope of rescue, it soon becomes clear that they are not alone. Hunted by the planet's ferocious inhabitants and targeted by heavily-armed forces, they will have to struggle just to survive.

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Plot Keywords:

muted color scene | psychotronic film | alien | tasered | running for your life | 

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Taglines:

Fear the dark.

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Did You Know?

Trivia

At 43:57 the computer states "Warning. Air levels will become toxic in 30 minutes.". " Levels" cannot become toxic; only "composition" can.

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Goofs

[All goofs for this title are spoilers.]

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Quotes

Devin: [Realizing why they are targeted] We're witnesses.

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Connections

Featured in Starfilm (2017)

User Reviews

Low Budget, Great Effort, Decent Acting -- Overall, not bad!

OK, first off, when reviewing/analyzing this movie, look at the fact that it has a budget of only 750,000 U.S. Dollars. I've seen Syfy movies made with budgets of 1.5 mil - 10 mil U.S. Dollars and are worse than this movie in almost every way. For the budget of this movie, they pulled off some unbelievable stuff - to the point of you hoping that they find a bright future in movie production, because if they had 10 mil U.S. Dollars, I can guarantee you that the movie will be a huge hit!!

Now, given the budget of $750k, the effects of the armor, the hull integrity, the space ship designs, the Artificial Intelligence built into the ships' mainframe, and the planetary (both, from space and ground) effects were stunning! In terms of effects and atmospheric simulations, this automatically gets a 7/10, given the budget.

However, the acting was very good for first-timers or at least beginning actors, as I don't recognize many faces in this movie. They could've done better -- but could they, really? Think about it, most good actors are behind a green screen or actually jumping out of windows, but these people only had a budget of $750k, so they didn't have much to go on, and they pulled it off nicely!

Sure, it had a generic plot, but this is typical with low-budget movies.

Overall, I give this movie a 6/10, because it had great special effects, not bad acting, and generic plot with slight enhancements - throw in an extremely low budget of $750k, and you got yourself a seller!

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 October 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Off World

Box Office

Budget:

$750,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Automatic Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1