Load of rubbish!!

hyped garbage

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

First of all I enjoyed this movie. Its not a perfect ten out of ten filled with drama, suspense and emotion.Its not that, this is a fun kill kill kill action sc-fi.The characters aren't done perfectly but their done at the scale of a seven maybe a tad higher. Their not deep, their a bit clichéd but their still fun to have around. I personally enjoyed the heroine for her clichéd bullheadedness.The story had its interesting parts but for the most part broke even though I felt the ending was fairly solid. Story aside my attention was drawn more to the tid bits on the universe the film takes place in.The world in which the film takes place is set up nicely enough. It never or rarely felt like the movie forced information down my throat, plus I enjoyed the bits that where thrown my way. These bits might not be dropped perfectly but they weren't pain inducing.Though the movie did not have me groaning over any particular part there is a reason this movie is a seven and not a ten or an eight. First of all their seems to be pacing issues. Just when it feels there should be sound or emotion the film gives you a scene that's just "ehh".This let down can be seen in multiple scenes, scenes that could have been better with just a touch of line, music or maybe more emotion out of the actors. Either way these scenes could have taken on emotion but they went "ehh"."Ehh" seems to be this movie's Achilles heel. The film in my viewings had no parts where I felt a scene was painful but their where definitely parts that needed work and ended up being "ehh". That said I enjoyed the movie, it was fun, the story kept my attention, and I enjoyed the heroine for this it has to be seven not good enough to be an eight but not bad enough to be a six.

There ought to be a law.Seriously, movies based on Videogames play just like video games. Lots of pointless violence... some exposition... more violence...exposition. Wash, Rinse, Repeat.So they find this artifact on the planet, which amazingly turns everyone into space zombies... lots of gross special effects, a bridge crew whose only purpose is to provide needless exposition before they are presumably killed by the monsters, just like we are told they would be.Some of the scenes are misogynistic, like when the character voiced by Kelly Hu announces her toughness, and is neatly sliced in two from head to pubic area... have problems with women, much, animators? There's some subplot about some wacky religion who worships the stone causing all the ruckus, but that's just filler between the unremitting gore...

First of all, let me just say that I'm a big fan of Dead Space, the video game. It's a game that offered nothing new, especially not plot-wise (being basically a rehash of Aliens, Thing, Event Horizon and every zombie movie out there), but tied everything it recycled in a neat package which was surprisingly enjoyable to play through."Dead Space: Downfall" is sort of a prequel to the game (the game itself starts right after this animated movie ends). As such, it is debatable who should be the target audience for it - folks who played through the game, loved it and want more, folks who are about to play the game and want some sort of plot primer, or people not interested in the game at all but rather at this animated feature as a standalone? I can say right away that if you belong to the last group, you WILL be disappointed. What you will get out of "DS: Downfall" is a gory cartoon with average animation, weak characters and derivative yet confusing plot. Oh, and F-bombs galore. As I said, you will be far better off if you opt to rewatch Alien trilogy, Thing, Event Horizon or any good zombie flick out there.If you are about to play the game, than I guess "DS:Downfall" will give you a good idea of what you can expect from the game itself. However, it will also ruin quite a few surprises which I personally think are far better experienced in the game. Ultimately, odds are you will also find "DS:Downfall" confusing, sub-par and not quite worth your time, too.Finally, we come to fans of the game, people who enjoyed Dead Space so much that they crave more of the good stuff. Will "DS:Downfall" provide? Well, yes and no. First of all, if you finished the game, you have already pieced together the story told in "Downfall". So no surprises there. Furthermore, this feature is far less scary and atmospheric than the game itself - the necromorphs look way more benign in animated form, and the charm and immersiveness are completely absent. You might get a kick of seeing characters and locations you know from the game, although odds are this will be disappointing, too - in "Downfall", every Tom, Dick and Harry wears a jacket with the "spinal HP meter", and none of the weapons from the game appear in the movie (except that I guess the "light sword" the soldiers use is perhaps Downfall's rendition of the Ripper). There's a scene where one of the character dies and you see a close up of the "spinal meter" lowering itself from blue, yellow to finally red, where I guess fans of the game should be gleefully nudging themselves enjoying how this is "right out of the game", but the truth is that this scene is such an obvious fan-service and in itself completely ludicrous and devoid of impact you will most probably simply laugh or smirk. Not to mention that it's a scene already seen in the game, where it played out a little bit differently and a lot more realistically.Bottom line, you may skip this and not miss much. Even if you are extremely interested in "Dead space lore", this movie will simply re-tell everything you already know. As such, it is really only for the true, hardcore fans, who really cannot live knowing that there is more "Dead Space" stuff out there and they haven't experienced it yet.4/10, since I *am* a big fan, otherwise - freely lower the score 1 or 2 points further

Having completed the Dead Space game by EA recently, when I heard there was a prequel movie I gained a bit of interest. Naturally, my expectations were low, as this is based on a video game, and those movies usually turn out horribly (Resident Evil, Alone in the Dark, Far Cry, House of the Dead, Doom, just to name a few).Renting it from Blockbuster, I came home and popped the disk into my DVD player. What ensued was an hour's worth of blood, gore, some more blood, and not much else; I'll even go on to say that it was even worse than most Sci-Fi Saturday night movies. Character development is virtually non-existent, and you won't really care about what happens to the main characters because they are just, well, there to be killed off in many "creative" fashions.The film begins as an artifact (or "The Marker" as it's called in the movie and game) is found on the surface of a planet by the mining colony, Aegis 7. It is brought onto a spaceship, the USG Ishimura as people start beginning to have hallucinations and develop violent behavior. As main character Alyssa Vincent and her security team investigate, strange and savage mutants that used to be people attack. Apparently, "The Marker" unleashes a sort of alien infection that kills people and mutates dead tissue, turning them into a sort of zombie or mutant. The rest of the movie is basically a gorefest as Vincent and her team try to activate an emergency distress beacon and find some means of escape.Overall, you should skip this movie even if you were a fan of the game. Bad voice acting, poor animation, predictable plot, and lack of character development really soils this stinker. However, if you happened to be a gorehound and like extremely violent and over-the-top movies, you'll love this.