This is a blight on the career sheet of any present, which is why Bryan Cranston (who plays a doctor infected by the less-deadly-but-still-deadly virus) probably wishes he could use all of his star power and wealth to bury this movie from the public eye.ĭead Space had no business trying to ape Alien without a proper budget to back it up. Nobody at this research station is that watchable, and the only reaction to such horrible acting is to pull hard for the monster to kill them all by the end of Act 2 and leave us in relative peace for the remaining 20 minutes. Said monster bursts out of the chest of a poor extra, moves into the air ducts, and invites everyone to a friendly game of hide-and-seek. When Krieger shows up, he discovers that a project to make a virus that destroys an even greater virus resulted in a rather testy monster. Scientists at a remote research outpost put out a distress call to Steve Krieger (Marc Singer) and his trusty robot sidekick Tinpan (Rodger Halston), who I guess hang out in deep space until someone needs a side of beef to come solve their problems. You have to sift and sift hard to find reasons not to keep your attention drifting to something more compelling. The result is a sloppy mess that only has the briefest moments of entertainment. Some were weird ( Galaxy of Terror), some halfway decent ( Split Second), but most a quick trip to oblivion.ĭead Space didn’t have much of a chance to achieve anything other than pity rental status due to its extremely low budget, Roger Corman’s backing, a short shooting schedule, a 68-minute runtime, and a director who reportedly didn’t even see the script until the first day of filming. With a formula that involved three things - a spaceship, a monster, and air ducts - countless studios figured that they could hack out their own success. Justin’s review: Perhaps the deadliest fallout of the original Alien wasn’t so much the xenomorph as the endless parades of copycat clones that clogged up discount DVD bins. Justin’s rating: This movie is 45% backlit fog

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