Pandorum Reviews and Ratings



  • November 22, 2009
    Surprisingly really good. SOme editing issues here and there, but mostly, a creepy, original, interesting sci-fi horror.
  • November 22, 2009
    Well made but I found it very hard to follow.
  • November 21, 2009
    Interesting movie! Intriguing story plot. Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster stars. Worth seeing!
  • November 21, 2009
    Soooooooo.......good is was recockulous....great movie.....not a dull moment....the beginning, middle, and end was great......one of my favorite horror sci-fi ......I thought the cast was a little off at first but they did a great job one of the best movies ever
  • November 19, 2009
    This was intense. Crazy intense. I liked it, but I'm having a hard time describing it. Worth watching for sci-fi/thriller/horror-heads. I may need to see it again...
  • November 19, 2009
    The best sci-fi flick I've seen in ages! It's a ride from beginning to end with great acting and creative design through and through. Don't expect the typical. By the ending I was left wishing It was a trilogy! If only that was logically possible!
  • November 19, 2009
    A pretty decent sc-fi horror with a decent twist ending.
  • November 17, 2009
    Just watched Pandorum, not a good SciFi movie but not a bad one either. I remember the movie 'The Descent' while watching. This might happen in the future when the Earth will be over populated.. huhuhu.. Don't Like. Birth Control please!!!
  • November 16, 2009
    Only outa curiousity
  • November 14, 2009
    A nice idea, with some very nice plot points, however it couldn't decide which genre it would rather be in, therefore losing the idea and feel for the film. It's one that can surely be skipped.
  • November 14, 2009
    This one wasn't very liked by me. I found it very confusing. Me and a bunch of friends wanted to see a movie, and this was closest time, so we ended up seeing it. We originally planned on seeing Surrogates but was too late. This movie was confusing to all of us and just too long ...( read more)and had a lot of pointless parts. But it had a big shocking ending though.
  • November 14, 2009
    A lot better than I first thought it would be. Nice effects and a well made set.
  • November 12, 2009
    This movie sucks! Very Boring!
  • November 12, 2009
    ooohhhh yessssssssss, finaly decent SF movie with interesting story and cool aliens, in fact ppl mutant-aliens or something he hee, anyway it's one of best SF movie i saw recently not counting on T4(thats story for itself)

    thank you Christian Alvart for such a good movie.... i...( read more) was starving for those kind of movies for ages and now it's here god oh good SF movie :)

    love it
  • November 12, 2009
    Exciting with an ending you don't see coming. And Ben Foster is awesome as usual.
  • November 11, 2009
    Not the best I have seen but worth see
  • November 8, 2009
    Despite the predicable twists, highly entertaining and reminiscent of scifi-horror classics.
  • November 7, 2009
    diS MOviE (PANdORUM) SkAREd dA S**tz OUt Of ME!
  • November 7, 2009
    Better then i thought it would be actually
  • November 6, 2009
    Excellent, had soem great twists and action.
  • November 5, 2009
    I liked it, though I am not a fan of this type movie. It was definitely edge-of-seat for the entire film for me.
  • November 3, 2009
    I'm expecting something good like RE but turns out it was a big disappointment to me. I didn't digest the story and it was dull. Ben foster is hot, though.
  • November 3, 2009
    i actually enjoyed this even though it's a homage to some of the best sci fi films to be made.

    not a bad cast line up and a good story makes this worth the watch.
  • November 2, 2009
    no idea whats going on
  • November 2, 2009
    This was pretty much exactly as I expected, except the somewhat unexpected twist in the ending. As a Sci-Fi freak it didn't really have anything new, apart from the story to some extent, you haven't seen before but odd and Sci-Fi enough. Nothing more, nothing less. I liked it and...( read more) most likely I'm going to see it soon again.
  • November 1, 2009
    In a desperate last moment to save humanity from its self inflicted demise a ship full of immigrants depart for an new world to call home. Things go horribly awry when they awake one at a time to find themselves with no memory of the recent past, and a ship filled with deadly c...( read more)reatures that are picking off passengers and crew as they emerge from the hyper sleep. It is up to a few of the crew to reclaim their ship and save the remains of mankind, from more dangers than they realize. Intense and suspenseful throughout and an ending that is a shocker. Well worth seeing.
  • November 1, 2009
    Overall not too bad, it's full of imagination and you must focus on the captions, dialogues, flashbacks and subtitles to fully understand what is going on.

    Cung Le will appear in Peter Chan's Bodyguards and Assassins.

    Cam Gigandet again, after Twilight fame, however we won't se...( read more)e him in New Moon.

    Ben Foster have been quite busy after X-Men: The Last Stand. He received very good review for 3:10 to Yuma.

    imdb.com trivias:

    # Director Trademark: [Christian Alvart] [mirror shot] When we see Bower (Ben Foster) "laser" shaving in the beginning, he is reflected by three mirrors, effectively showing him four times from all angles (as well as the shaving effect).

    # The sixth film released in select D-BOX enabled cinemas, located in the US and Canada. In D-BOX's words, the motion control technology "adds to the movie's plot and underlying themes of fear, terror and explosive action by offering realistic sensations during most of the film's action scenes."

    # First movie to have brothers Ben Foster and Jon Foster work together. They share a scene in which Jon Foster wakes up to a nightmare as a nameless passenger and Ben Foster as Bower can't save him.

    # The movie was originally planned to be shot on video as a low-budget feature for $200,000, in an abandoned paper mill with unknown actors until Impact Pictures read the script and showed interest. Writer Travis Milloy never thought it would be considered as a studio production because of it's dark tone.
  • October 31, 2009
    The movie really didn't do it for me, it lacked of information and I was lost half the movie, later it got a little better but all-around just a movie to see when your really bored.

    Two crew members are stranded on a spacecraft and quickly - and horrifically - realize they are...( read more) not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can't remember anything: Who are they? What is their mission? With Lt. Payton staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter, Cpl. Bower ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking, deadly secrets are revealed...and the astronauts find their own survival is more important than they could ever have imagined.
  • October 30, 2009
    Pandorum is a movie that takes place in a distant future; when mankind has exhausted its time on a single planet and vowed to conquer the rest of the universe with its advanced technology. This movie takes that concept and flings you right in the middle of a mysterious series of ...( read more)events that begin to unfold from the film's very first scene.

    As an astronaut wakes up from cryogenic slumber, his world is turned upside down when his memory begins to fail him as to who he is and what he's doing there. As it turns out, he has been asleep for quite some time and is on a rotating schedule with other crew members to man the mission to a far-off world over extended periods of time (the years it would take to reach the final destination.) Well, low and behold, nobody is around to greet him and things start to get nasty from that point on.

    As the man tries to cope readjusting, he comes across a commander who seems to be going through the same delirious side effects of a mental condition known as--you guessed it--pandorum. If the crew members can stave off the ffects of this degenerative condition and stay alive long enough to seek the truth of their mission, they will be more than okay. Oh yeah, and did I mention that something is on the ship--impeding their happy-go-lucky way to finish their task. Something nasty has mutated and is now hunting them down.

    The movie is pretty sleek in visual aesthetic for being an "indie" with a meager budget. The cast, including Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster is not stellar--but the actors do a fine job at maintaining a sense of gravitas in a genre flick that could have become very stale. A decent script is probably the reason why the film really never fell flat.

    Stylistically, the film portrays a far-future so interesting--even though the entire movie takes place aboard the one ship. It is in classic sci-fi fashion (like its predecessors Alien and 2001: A Space Odyssey) that Pandorum takes the vastness of space and makes you feel confined and claustrophobic. It is with these techniques and a visual flare that the movie rises above its deficiencies.

    With a bunch of cool lighting effects (black lights and neon) the movie gains its visual signature and stands out as a cool-looking flick. The monsters that linger within the ships bowels are strikingly reminiscent of those in the spelunker's nightmare, The Descent. Only these guys are equiped with bad-ass laser guns.

    Overall, the movie is worthy of being seen...preferrably in theaters; but otherwise watch it on a big screen.
  • October 26, 2009
    To me, this movie was a mix 'n' match of horror, gory movies. It was reminiscent of Resident Evil in the characters, had the suspense and twists like Doom and had monsters that were somewhat like Alien Vs. Predator 2. However, the movie was quite entertaining with its plot and th...( read more)e actors were suited to their respective roles. Cam Gigandet played a mean 'double' of Dennis Quaid's character which lent the movie a sinister feel. Overall, this movie is just above average for movie junkies like me but for those who are new to these kind of genres, well you might love it. =)
  • October 25, 2009
    Starts out very uninteresting and gets worse from there. It's very uncompelling and you feel no emotional attachment to the characters.
  • October 25, 2009
    Lots of people are hating this movie but I really enjoyed it.

    It started off with a slow story and the action didn't start until 20 mins into the film and I think thats why people are not liking it.
    But when the action starts it doesn't stop.I think that quite alot of horror,...( read more)action and even Sci-Fi fans will like this.
    It may be slow at the begining but as the film goes on it gets more and more fast pasted.

    It wasn't a fantastic film but the only problems I had with this film really was the film was in complete darkness at times and it was really hard to see which character was winning in the fights when the fights and action was going on,the story was a bit slow to start aswell and the effects were a bit over the top at times.

    Other than that this film was good just relax and enjoy all the actions and all the horror in this film.

    I liked the idea of showing people in space and that alien then and all fightings happening in space.

    There may not of been a detailed story in this film but the actions were entertaining to watch in this film and the film was Interesting.

    Overall I enjoyed this and will reccomend horror and action fans to check this one out.
    Good action and a good horror theres nothing more I can say.
  • October 24, 2009
    A mixture of themes - Aliens, The Descent, The Abyss, Resident Evil ...( read more)and a touch of 2001 - all combine to make a worthwhile film.
  • October 23, 2009
    A real let down. How can anyone put this up there with Aliens?
  • October 23, 2009
    Not an interesting story.
  • October 23, 2009
    This post apocalyptic film is action packed yet leaves you wonder wtf happened. Did I doze off and miss a part? Seriously. Lets set the scene...Earth can no longer support life. Volunteers and family members of shuttle crew are wisked away in a space ship for approximately 100+ ...( read more)years to another planet which will sustain human life. DUN DUN DUN! Enter the drama! Some life pods open early and hatch people earlier than meeting their final destination. Which for some reason... turns them into cannibals...Yeah... You lost yet? Well go ahead and watch this film if you want to squint for over an hour and wonder what the hell is happening.
    Do NOT recommend.
  • October 22, 2009
    makes my heart always beat fast when watch it..but very good action movie..
  • October 22, 2009
    Not bad. Entertaining and some neat new ideas but overall just wasn't that great. I was hoping for more.
  • October 22, 2009
    boring, slow, uninteresting, low budget.
    Not much else to say about this really, other than I wouldnt recommend it to anyone.
  • October 21, 2009
    Hard to sum this film up really, add alittle 'Aliens', 'Alien' and 'Event Horizon', then a total rip of 'The Descent' and 'The Cave', set in space aboard yet another derelict spacecraft and film it in near total darkness using choppy/fast cutting camera work with loads of unusual...( read more) angles and there you have it :)

    I liked this film because it was alittle different and sci-fi but 'alittle' being the operative word haha the plot is a mish mash of all films said above and it doesn't really hide that fact, even the creatures are pretty much the same as the creatures in 'The Descent', with a slight 'Mad Max' touch about them if you ask me (their homemade armour) as do certain crew survivors along the way.
    The whole thing starts off pretty well and keeps you really glued to the screen, Foster is excellent as usual, almost too good for the film really, the rest merely make up the cast to an average standard, Quaid being badly miscast as a mental baddie that looks like Dallas from Alien or a slim Captain Nemo hehe
    Effects are also likeable and look space age yet murky and eerie at the same time (Event Horizon style), creature makeup is also top notch again showing up cgi for being crap half the time. Problem is as the film moves forward it becomes less intriguing and more confusing and rather stupid. The creatures simply turn into a gang of zombie like flesh chompers that run around screaming , getting killed and at one point have a one on one martial arts style kendo fight with one of the disposable 'heroes', a loooow point there.

    As you near the end of the film there are twists galore as you completely lose the plot haha and trying to actually see what the hell is going on through the darkness and epileptic fit inducing camera work, but there is something here that does entice me still, despite all its failings I do actually kinda like the film and I'm not sure why. Acting by Foster helps, it looks good is another factor and it moves at a good pace with a reasonable plot (people trapped with lots of creatures after them is a good solid winner normally hehe) despite quite afew questions that linger in the air.

    There is an obvious sequel there too but lets not go there, not yet anyway.
  • October 21, 2009
    agk ngarot..
    overall, bez!
  • October 19, 2009
    Not one of Dennis Quaid's finest films, but a decent sci-fi action flick. There's a surprise twist at the end.
  • October 18, 2009
    It would have been greater if I haven't seen a similar movie called "Event Horizon" with my favourite Laurence Fishburne in it. Too dark and confusing at times.
  • October 17, 2009
    Throughout this review, Pandorum will be known as Event Horizon 2, partially because they both kick ass and show sides of certain actors you wouldn't expect to see. In EH2, the mission is different but the spirit is the same and while the enemy is tangible in this entry, it is s...( read more)till unknown and set to the backdrop of far away space, which man ALSO understands so little of. (He thinks he understands more than he actually does.) While, EH 1 is better as a whole, there are no noticeably awful lines i.e. "Layman's terms? How about English?"
  • October 17, 2009
    like frankenstein's monster, like a film school project, this one's a trip into the dark cribbed from...but that's half the fun of this film, figuring out where they cribbed from ("that's not unca fester, but that's his nose on that guy, sure enuff..."). don't be discouraged tho...( read more), as this is still a worthy halloween season contender...

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