A Masterpiece!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

The DVD box had an image of a shuttle on fire going down on a strange planet with great words " A must see film ". So were in the film does all all this occur? Acting was awful. I am thankful i found this for a small price of £3 pounds and not full price.This spoiled a good nights viewing.The story handled a lot better by good direction and actors would have made this film amazing. The space images were like watching an early Star Trek series. It is worth reading other peoples reviews before even looking at this film.The mistake is to take just the one review you come across.Thankfully IMDb is the best place to get an honest review if you read ALL reviews

This film is story set in the next future when the Shuttle program has been privatized and the ships have become private cabs.The movie was cleverly and beautifully shot. The acting of some consumed actors like Greg Travis and Michael Rooker was very solid, others' (Darla Grese and Tony Ware) weaker, but once considered as a whole, the performances of the less experienced actors did not bothered me that much.After a slow start, the Director did an amazing job of ramping up the suspense and still be able to keep seasoned cinema goers like me constantly wondering what will happen next.This was an entertaining sci-fi thriller and I did enjoy the pace and the direction the movie was given. The setting felt authentic enough as the story unfolded smoothly with no big narrative holes.I usually see a movie twice a week in the movie theaters and everyday on Netflix, and this one worked for me.Hannah

As in a wicked game of chess, Atlantis Down strategically zigzags and jumps across a landscape of human frailty and vulnerability, inviting the viewer to question their own potential defenselessness under threat of attack by a 'being' that can't be seen, touched or truly known. This Sci-Fi film cleverly moves towards a subtle, but powerful question: Does one ostensibly have the power to affect outcomes based on the thoughts and the choices they make in the "game" that is life? You need to know where not to move your pieces (or rather your thoughts).This concept creeps up on you. Goose pimples tickle your flesh sort of freezing your mind and body and hold you hostage to its building intensity and wave of surprises. With each "mini"-vignette, and next move, comes the horror that a "force" outside of the normal sphere of life is playing host to your fears—your greatest fears. Michael Rooker's performance as ruthless and reckless "alien" is chilling. Mae Flores (as Rachel Lee) is unforgettable. We understand without a doubt now how fears become real even if the circumstances under which they are experienced are not. Interestingly, even the camera angles seem to mimic a game of chess, moving forward back and sideways to cleverly bring you full circle from haunted pasts to haunting nows. What is, should be or will be the next move? It is truly inspiring to see such a well done film done well in only 13 days and a tight budget. Max Bartoli ingeniously probes our psyches, notably echoing among other observations Winston Churchill's that "those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it."

From Veer Magazine: By Montague Gammon III The newly premiered film "Atlantis Down," at the Commodore in Portsmouth, is a memorable piece of work. While poking holes in elements the screenplay - the bits of pseudo-scientific dialogue, the contrary-to-fact assumptions about astronauts and so forth - is easy, it ignores what is important about this movie. Director Max Bartoli, in company with editor Arzu Volkan, director of photography Eric Hurt, composer Rino Amato and special effects person Adam Rote have successfully conjured up a mood and established a tone that grips even the most skeptical viewer and compels real, unbroken interest in the film and the weirdly surreal story it tells. That's a demonstration of filmic skills that goes way beyond just "getting it done." Lots of folks can fine tune dialogue. It takes a special talent to communicate intangibles of feeling visually and aurally. The acting is generally low keyed, maybe even a bit plain in some cases, but there are moments that demonstrate real range. A middle aged man reliving moments of his childhood, a leading lady who projects a strong image of mysterious and quiet self- assurance with a bit of defensive arrogance, and the overall sense that real people are going through real crises testify to the abilities of these mostly local performers. In brief, and without giving away to much, the rather bored crew members of a slightly run down space shuttle suddenly find themselves on a strange, unpopulated planet, facing unknown but apparently deadly threats to their sanity and their lives.