Pity... Could have been brilliant

Rating: 3/10 (2 January 2020)

What the hell happened here? As soon as the first scientist takes their helmet off early on in the movie, breaking what even most lay-people would understand as a breach of standard protocol, this movie is done because it makes the rest of the plot implausible and the characters questionable. Similar events after this sees the viewer beggaring belief as to the child-like stupidity of the screenplay. The viewer then has to sit through exactly what they didn't come for - the line that when crossed sees sci-fi become ludicrous, almost unwatchable, cheapish nonsense. I fell asleep in the first half hour. I've since watched it on the small screen and can't help but think that with a few edits and tidy-ups on the screenplay this movie would be worth the watch. Instead it relies heavily on the value of sub-plots, which actually are integrated quite well into the main story, and blisteringly good CGI trickery. Knock yourself out...