One of the 7 spaceships carrying the surviving humans from a poisoned Earth passes through a wormhole and then crashes, stranding the surviving survivors in a place which looks suspiciously like Utah. Well-trained survival expert (the surviviest of the surviving survivors) and hottie Kate (Danielle Chuchran) faces off against Mad Max warriors and some monsters while running a great deal, swimming a bit, fighting a lot, and otherwise occupying time until we arrive a twist which has been obvious from about 10 minutes in to all except those who have never seen a film before.
Miss Chuchran is physically very impressive, and deals with the considerable physical requirements of her role very well: her thesping is not quite so impressive. The scenery is fantastic, and the look of this Kickstarter-funded movie is impressive: the visuals mean that you are often unaware that this is a low budget movie. The special effects are better than the budgetary considerations would have you believe, and the film is technically well made - beautifully photographed, good sound, well edited, a pleasing score, and so on.
It is let down in the writing. The story is completely predictable, and you can list the influences as they pass by - the whole thing is cobbled together out of bits taken from other films. It's a shame - what's seen on screen deserves better than the second hand tripe it's hung on.
Miss Chuchran is physically very impressive, and deals with the considerable physical requirements of her role very well: her thesping is not quite so impressive. The scenery is fantastic, and the look of this Kickstarter-funded movie is impressive: the visuals mean that you are often unaware that this is a low budget movie. The special effects are better than the budgetary considerations would have you believe, and the film is technically well made - beautifully photographed, good sound, well edited, a pleasing score, and so on.
It is let down in the writing. The story is completely predictable, and you can list the influences as they pass by - the whole thing is cobbled together out of bits taken from other films. It's a shame - what's seen on screen deserves better than the second hand tripe it's hung on.