There are some great things in this movie. The actors are great and do a fantastic job. Their characters are fairly well written (though several of them are way underutilized). There are also several moments with nifty visuals.
Unfortunately, it does not seem like the writer nor the director knew what they wanted this movie to be as it starts out as a space movie, then it goes into a interpersonal drama, then a hard-science film, then a mystery, and then an 80's slasher. Further, the audio/score often does not match the visuals and takes the viewer out of the scene. Likewise the visuals, while often great, become a TERRIBLE distraction in the latter part of the movie. Weird cuts, wipes, and color smearing make it super difficult to follow what is going on and feel really out of place.
Also, a lot of the would-be tension is replaced with frustration because the movie introduces so many areas late in the movie and without any frame of reference so that it is SUPER difficult to follow where the characters are, what they're doing, and how difficult it will be for them to do whatever it is.
Unfortunately, it does not seem like the writer nor the director knew what they wanted this movie to be as it starts out as a space movie, then it goes into a interpersonal drama, then a hard-science film, then a mystery, and then an 80's slasher. Further, the audio/score often does not match the visuals and takes the viewer out of the scene. Likewise the visuals, while often great, become a TERRIBLE distraction in the latter part of the movie. Weird cuts, wipes, and color smearing make it super difficult to follow what is going on and feel really out of place.
Also, a lot of the would-be tension is replaced with frustration because the movie introduces so many areas late in the movie and without any frame of reference so that it is SUPER difficult to follow where the characters are, what they're doing, and how difficult it will be for them to do whatever it is.
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