Stranded(V)(2013).The Lunar Base Ark explores ore and unexpectedly is hit by a meteor shower and has severe damages. Colonel Gerard Brauchman sends the crewwoman Ava Cameron to repair a wing that is full of CO2. Dr. Lance Krauss warns that the gas may cause paranoia and hallucinations. Ava brings a sample of the meteor for analysis and Dr. Krauss finds that there are spores attached to the meteor. Ava accidentally cuts her finger in a sample but she hides the cut from the doctor. Soon Ava gets pregnant and delivers an alien offspring. However, neither Col. Brauchman nor Dr. Kraus believes in her words and they believe that Ava is delusional. He offspring bites the crewman Bruce Johns and the crew discovers that Bruce has been cloned by the alien. Soon they find how dangerous the clone is. Written byClaudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil... Synopsis Stranded(V)(2013)
Movie Title: Stranded(V)(2013)
Run Time: 84 min
Rating: 3.5 / 10
Genres: Horror |Sci-Fi
Release Date: 26 July 2013 (USA)
Director: Roger Christian
Writer: Christian Piers Betley,Roger Christian... and other credits
Actor: Christian Slater,Brendan Fehr,Amy Matysio
There's a pointlessness to this film that ultimately leaves you wondering why you wasted an hour and a half.
It's not completely awful, it's just not very good and the main problem is the story, of which there isn't really any.
The directing didn't seem too bad to me and the acting isn't as terrible as some reviewers on here would have you believe, but it's utterly, hopelessly predictable and there was clearly no budget left for effects. They do their best with what they have, but it can't have been much.
I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned the external shots of the moonbase - it is so clearly, painfully a model landscape that all hopes of immersion are immediately lost. And what passes for a moonbase control room is reminiscent of an early episode of Blake's 7 (remember that?).
This isn't the worst film in the world, if you've a couple of hours you don't mind losing or you're a complete SF nut, then knock yourself out. Otherwise, move along now.
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