Less than meets the eye

Rating: 6/10 (19 April 2016)

This is a "lost in space" style story, with the theme being on the isolation and helplessness of the character.
Aside from a few "voices" and "corpses", there are only two characters here, and pretty much just one.
That's okay. It makes this more of a stage play set in outer space, but with some action replacing dialog.
This has always been big with directors, to have just one or two characters. The problem is that if you just develop one or two characters, you better use the hour or more of developing to do a fantastic job, because there's no excuse otherwise.
The character development falls very flat, and honestly a good writer could do this much in a ten minute short story.
That's not to say it's a bad film. It is watchable, the story is good enough, and the director succeeds in an obvious, although somewhat expository attempt at showing the reality of floating in Space.
The "reality" theme of space is efficient, but also looks contrived to fit an agenda, contrived to fit the scenario.
Not as contrived as most Hollywood movies, however.
The acting is sub par. Two huge names, but little talent. This would have been much better with two completely unknown theater majors or graduates who were more theater and less Hollywood, because the director obviously wanted this to be "more theater and less Hollywood", but the acting foiled any chance this had to be spectacular.
A lot of it is poor dialog. Very "formula" dialog, which is okay if you're going "Hollywood" or "James Bond", but not if you're attempting reality Drama.
The premise is good, the logistics work well, and technically this is fine, and it isn't a total waste. It just isn't anything more than a very definitive 6/10.