This film deserves far more credit than it gets.
It's an early 90s B-Movie, complete with a low budget feel and TV quality production values. However, it manages to do something rather interesting, and it does it to a degree of quality which keeps you invested.
It's a whodunit set in a post apocalyptic sci-fi world, and the film presses hard on claustrophobic paranoia in a confined space. It's pretty well done, and the characters are all identifiable and engaging. There's even a bit of very decent world building going on, with the odd mention of how the planet has become after the "redemption" as they call it, where robots and computers are outlawed, a corporation has taken over, and the Ozone layer has gone. I'd liked to have seen more of this world as the movie seems to be a curious cross section of a much bigger story.
It definitely takes some influences from Terminator and The Thing, and many will be put off by the fact that it's a slow burn film which focuses on atmosphere and tension over action.
Personally though, I loved it, and it was competent enough to blend sci-fi, horror, and thriller to an entertaining degree which isn't boring.
A real gem, which not only does something a little different, but does it well and adds in a bit of lore.
It's an early 90s B-Movie, complete with a low budget feel and TV quality production values. However, it manages to do something rather interesting, and it does it to a degree of quality which keeps you invested.
It's a whodunit set in a post apocalyptic sci-fi world, and the film presses hard on claustrophobic paranoia in a confined space. It's pretty well done, and the characters are all identifiable and engaging. There's even a bit of very decent world building going on, with the odd mention of how the planet has become after the "redemption" as they call it, where robots and computers are outlawed, a corporation has taken over, and the Ozone layer has gone. I'd liked to have seen more of this world as the movie seems to be a curious cross section of a much bigger story.
It definitely takes some influences from Terminator and The Thing, and many will be put off by the fact that it's a slow burn film which focuses on atmosphere and tension over action.
Personally though, I loved it, and it was competent enough to blend sci-fi, horror, and thriller to an entertaining degree which isn't boring.
A real gem, which not only does something a little different, but does it well and adds in a bit of lore.