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.
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.
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