Pandorum

Plot

Two astronauts, Bower (Foster) and Payton (Quaid), wake up from suspended animation to find themselves alone, with no memory of who they are, what they are doing, or what has happened to the crew of their 60,000 passenger sleeper ship, the Elysium

Cast

• Dennis Quaid as Lt. Payton

• Ben Foster as Corporal Bower

• Cam Gigandet as Gallo
• Antje Traue as Nadia
• Cung Le as Manh

• André Hennicke as Hunter Leader

• Norman Reedus as Shepard

• Wotan Wilke Möhring as Young Bower's Father

Review

Very good movie! The action is well paced throughout the film and there are enough twists to keep you engaged from start to finish. The visual effects are amazing, the ship itself is well designed and its the little things that make this movie a good vision of the future. Crank systems to power individual consoles (however, if this crank system powers up the console if the main systems are down...how does it get information or connect with other systems throughout the depowered ship? Plot hole!) and little things like seats that recess into the floor to conserve space are such examples. What I am getting at is that the designers thought of things that make me actually believe that this could be what the future of space travel might actually be like.

My only real complaint about the movie that keeps it from getting a 5 out of 5 reels is the ending. There is such a huge lead up to the end, the odds or thought to be insurmountable and the task at hand overwhelming but within the last 20 minutes.....the plot is resolved with only a few lingering questions (such as what happens to the antagonists? or how will they rebuild when everything they need is under water?).

Overall, rent this movie!!! You will not be disappointed.

Rating

4 reels out of 5