Highly Overrated But Still Good

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

For a start assume that a planet has been discovered in the not too distant future where people can walk about in their shirt sleeves and there's no problem with oxygen.There's no life there nothing but desert,a lake of poisoned water and rocks.The only building is a recent bunker full of supplies for future visitors to the planet but the trouble is its 400 miles away from where the ship crashed.The moral there is once such a planet IS discovered build more bunkers! The answer to overcrowded prisons is right here-just the place to send all the sex offenders and leave them up there to colonize the place and possibly start breeding as there are a few women of this kind. It doesn't really say what 6 men are supposed to be doing there but whatever it was they are unable to do it because their ship malfunctioned so we don't know whether the original idea was to look for life forms. I kept hoping maybe a big M sign would appear as they must have been hungry trekking 400 miles through sand.Ever tried walking even a mile on sand-its not easy unless its solid and with the sudden desert storms its probably not on this planet! Generally they were pretty nasty characters-one guy had a zapper and killed one of the party as a sort of mercy killing I suppose after he'd developed gangrene- and they were constantly arguing-the leader of the expedition had lied about the distance to the bunker so they had to walk even further.And they had to leave one guy behind as he'd broken his leg! Pity there was no cannibalism but not even any vultures around!Now that would have made this movie worth 10! The lack of food and water was an unnecessary addition to the story seeing as astronauts carry capsules and as this is set in the next century the technology should have advanced even further-at least to an endless supply of capsules Anyway they finally reach the bunker and thats where the movie ended just like that! Very disappointing-we never got to see them travelling back in the land rovers but if you work it out 400 miles at the speed of 4 miles an hour and thats only in the day as well-is a mighty long time. At least the ship should have been equipped with sand yachts!

Picked this up in a two movie DVD set for a buck or so. Didn't really look promising and as I started to watch the movie I was just glad it didn't cost me more! Low budget may be an excuse, but it's not a very good one. The worst thing about this movie is the writing. I can handle slow paced movies, but this isn't slow paced. Most of the time nothing really happens. Movies never makes me sleep, but this one came pretty close. While the idea in it self might be OK, the writing just doesn't cut it. There are not enough development of characters or plots to make this a good feature film. They just make time pass by all these pictures of the characters doing some walking some chit chat and stuff that don't add anything to the movie. With that said this movie might make a good short film.As for special effects, really there's nothing special about them. They're bad. To be honest, they could have and should have cut the storm thing part from the script. As said before, it don't give the movie anything, it offers no challenge to the characters it's just there to look good. And it don't.Cinematography, however is one of the best things about this movie. It's all over good, with some enjoyable shots. However, the lightning could've been better, especially at night. It looks cheep.Production design, sets, locations and costumes also need some credit. It's not that bad. Rather nice actually compared other things.The acting is OK. For a low budget movie they got OK actors. They say their lines loud and clear, but thats about it. Then again with lack of characters and action what else is there for them to do. Never the less a little more acting wouldn't hurt.All in all this is not the movie you want to spend any kind of money or time on. This is a movie far down on you watch list.

This film has now been dropped to the level of 'free with very cheap DVD players' and it still isn't worth the money.I tried to sell the DVD on ebay 7 times but each time all I got was laughed at for owning it in the first place.This is without doubt the dullest and most badly written film you have ever seen. I would recommend it for only one thing, sitting in and watching with someone that you never want to see again...ever. If at the end of the film you say, "that was great lets watch it again tomorrow" then its guaranteed that even the hardiest of thick skinned none leavers will be off like a shot and bothering someone else.

I can't say that the Special Effects were any good. However Aurora makes the viewer realise that you do not need such things to make a good film. This film depends on its Story. And what a good story it is. Well done to the makers for making such an effort.