Solis

The plot is too weak ..it was dragging till the end.. and I must say, this is a complete waste of time.

The main issue I had with Solis was the voice acting of the female support actor, who is probably an absolutely lovely person in real life, but when a movie totally relies on the input of just two people for its entire length, this voice acting needs to be absolutely perfect, which it wasn't.

Other than that, the plot holes and general plausibility were hard to accept and this sort of thing has been done so much better and more expansively in other movies, so although a reasonable watch, Solis doesn't have enough to recommend to others and gets a middling 5 stars, because I did quite like it.

This is Carl Strathie's 7th film he's written and directed - all shorts, this being his first full length feature film.

This is not a big budget Hollywood blockbuster production, and thus I'll rate it accordingly as a low budget international film by a amateur film maker.

I will say that Steven Ogg's performance was excellent considered he lacked direction from a seasoned director.

The S/VFX although rudimentary, was actually decent with beautiful cinematography inside the capsule and of the sun.

The score was too loud and annoyingly excessive for the most part.

Carl Strathie's directing was really good, capturing some tense moments, but his writing is still stuck in the 'short film' mode. This film had overly extended scenes that dragged on way too long. The pacing was also way to slow. The length of 92 mins for this film needed to be edited down and sped up the pace to a maximum of 60-70 mins. Had this film been substantially edited down to a short film, it would have been a winner.

Nevertheless, still not bad for his first attempt, but could have been much better if Carl stuck to the directing, and passed his story onto a seasoned screenwriter who could have filled in the blanks.

Would I see it again? No. Would I recommend it? Only to die-hard sci-fi fans that have nothing better to watch on a Sunday afternoon. No worthy of all the 1/10 haters, and not even close to the fake 10/10's, but certainly worthy of a 6/10.

Trevor is not on form here. This really is a masterclass in phoning it in.

The whole single person thing sometimes works as in Phonebooth or Buried but it's just tedious here. There's no real sense of tension as you don't believe Trevor is doing anything than simply reciting words he's remembered, not protraying a man on a collision course with death.

The strong, authorative female thing is also played out. Do what she says Trevor if you know what's best for you, especially if it's a posh sounding brit one.

Luckily I only watched this I browsed Ebay for a new car. I'd recommend trying to find a decent Alfa Romeo over watching this film.

Some people too critical. It was a good film with some tense moments.