Action mayhem full of gibbering hominoids, hanging corpses and a few live stars.
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10/04/09
Pandorum (2009)
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Reviews Counted:66
Fresh:18
Rotten:48
Average Rating:4.2/10
Consensus: While it might prove somewhat satisfying for devout sci-fi fans, Pandorum's bloated, derivative plot ultimately leaves it drifting in space.
Australian Rating: TBC
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Australian Theatrical Release:
Oct 8, 2009 Wide
US Box Office: $10,261,085
Synopsis: In Pandorum, actors, Dennis Quaid (Vantage Point, The Express) and Ben Foster (3:10 to Yuma, Alpha Dog), join Cam Gigandet (Never Back Down, Twilight), Cung Le (Tekken, Fighting), newcomer Antje... [More]
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Cam Gigandet, Antje Traue
Director: Christian Alvart
Reviews for Pandorum
Some scary moments, but its final half-hour is a right old mess, and the title is doomed never to be remembered.
10/04/09
Pandorum doesn’t make a whole lot of sense and is shot and edited in a way that only adds to the confusion. In space nobody can hear you scratching your head.
10/04/09
An appalling script is only one problem with this loud, chaotic sci-fi thriller. It's also directed in such a deliberately confusing way that it's not only impossible to follow the action, but it's impossible to care about the characters.
10/04/09
Paul WS Anderson rains down another cinematic crapstorm with Pandorum, a confused, unfocused (sometimes literally) attempt to make an ideas-driven but mainstream sci-fi flick.
10/04/09
[Pandorum] makes no sense. It doesn't really try to by the end but nevertheless, it should be said up front so that nobody has any illusions about the film since its creators certainly didn't.
10/02/09
Pandorum squanders its excellent premise and the result is a disappointing, barely coherent mess.
10/02/09
Cabin fever in space is a durable idea for horror, but the main feeling this one from the Resident Evil gang is likely to inspire is cosmic déjà vu.
10/02/09
It couldn't keep my attention for even a nano second.
10/02/09
The script’s twisty, end-of-the-world intrigue saves this otherwise leaden film from total self-destruction.
10/01/09
The earsplitting soundtrack, nauseating camera work, and stroboscopic editing are a high price to pay for little reward.
09/30/09
Not without its scuzzy charms and eye-catching creature attacks, "Pandorum" generates all the stylish muster it can. Still, it feels like a Christopher Lambert film that would have gone straight to VHS about 15 years ago.
09/30/09
It's moderately amusing if you're in the mood, but it's incredibly lacking in invention.
09/30/09
As the credit “Produced by Paul W.S. Anderson” attests, this is hackwork of the highest order, lacking in all poetry and barely comprehensible aurally or visually.
09/30/09
The finest interstellar horror in years.
09/30/09
So bad it ought to be based on a video game.
09/29/09
Pandorum isn't all that bad. It's a perfectly middle-of-the-road genre flick not quite worthwhile enough to wholeheartedly recommend. And the creatures know kung-fu.
09/28/09
Over-acting is endemic. Quaid can’t do much with his very limited role, and Foster seems miscast.
09/28/09
Remember the scene in Star Trek where Dr. McCoy talks about all the horrible ways you can die in space? Pandorum is basically a visual aid for that speech.
09/28/09
According to the press notes, pandorum means “Orbital Dysfunctional Syndrome”; whatever that is, by the end of the movie I was convinced I had caught it.
09/27/09
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September 24, 2009:
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September 22, 2009:
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