I wanted to but couldn't!

Highly Overrated But Still Good

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

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

This movie felt somewhat like a cross between a couple of movies I've seen, one being Moon (2009) and the other I can't remember. In all aspects - acting, scenery, story - I felt that Moon was a better movie. It does not make this a bad movie, but I never got the same feeling watching this one. Perhaps if I saw this one first, I'd rate it a 6 or 6.5. But I gave Moon an 8.

No spoilers here. I added another point to my rating because I whole heartily disagree with the low reviews. Although those looking for high tech fancy sci-fi special affects, and action packed fight scenes, (this story is not about that),they will be disappointed. What it DOES have, is some very believable acting. And although a modest setting as most of the movie is shown in a debilitated run down power facility in the future, it is believable. Most of the movie has a lot of dialogue between two characters. That in itself may turn some viewers off. But the story/pace gives little bits at a time, to build suspense, yet gives enough that the characters aren't flat/one dimensional... It is a slow burn thriller, and for a lower budget film, I thought this was excellently done. The lower ratings are not fair. I believe it IS NOT due to the QUALITY of this movie, but rather, the viewing preferences, of the viewer.

She was a engineer, doctor, welder,communications specialist, radiation specialist, and make a mean pot pie out off road kill and hooch,MMA fighter, all while wearing a sexy radiation(motorcycle gear) suit. Somehow she was able to avoid radiation even with he huge gap under her biker's helmet. As one poster said that it was a bit sexist, I'll have to agree. She's in her sexy motorcycle gear walking around at a contamination site while Zek had a real contamination suit. She reminded me of Denise Richards in The World is Not Enough as a Nuclear Physicists.

Or I could be wrong, cause I don't know how much it actually cost to turn a cyclist clothing and gear into a futuristic Hazmat suit. But I'm starting off giving the movie a bad rap. It's not the best story I have come across. The lead character, Abby has an important position as some head engineer whose more theory than practice, assigned to fix one of the big nuclear reactors that is supplying power to the whole world, but after meeting the two men who operate the station she finds the problem bigger than expected. What I really liked about the movie is the art direction. The cycle riding turned Hazmat suit was actually pretty cool, and it does not hurt that the lead actress was wearing it well. I really like the set that the film takes place on. I don't know if they made it or found a place but it looked like the greatest Sci-fi ever, and was a main character on it's own that made the movie worth looking at. It's one of those small movies with only three people that included Dominic Monaghan and Tom Sizemore who I must admit were not really worth mentioning in a story that's OK and done OK, that moves fast enough not to bore you and has a great set that almost makes up for a lot of it's short comings.