Dead Space: Downfall
by Chuck Patton
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Actor: Bruce Boxleitner, Jim Cummings, Keith Szarabajka, Kelly Hu, Kevin Michael RichardsonDirector: Chuck Patton
Brand: Fox
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 74 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-10-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Anchor Bay - ITN
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Movie Review: Nastily Brutal Sci-Fi Zombie Tale
Summary: 5 Stars
I know nothing of Dead Space, I'm by far no gamer, but Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray have written a nastily brutal animated movie of alien-invasion zombie take-over. WARNING: Spoilers Hereafter. The story centers around an alien religious artifact's entrapment of a human space crew. Thinking they've discovered the find of the century, they learn too late that the alien life form actually conspired with their minds to get the humans to remove and transport the artifact to a new and viable home where it can find innumerable new hosts for their parasitic selves. And the story is as nasty and brutal as it gets. This is a full run of scenes of killing, violence, biological degradation of one species upon another, lots of guts, lots of blood, lots of screams, a little bit of redemptive but all-too-sad sacrifice of self for others, murder, beatings, vomiting, horrific hallucinations, and, to top it all off, the cult classic scene of the year: SYRINGE TO THE EYE! To state the obvious, this is not for the kiddies. This is just profanity-laced violence stacked upon violence. That doesn't mean, though, that there aren't things to like here. Alissa Vincent is a female leader in charge of a crack commando team who makes it to the very end, although, she dies, too. But I love the opening scene where she picks up her coffee cup and we see her cup blotter: a bloody picture of the USG Ishimura's latest homicide victim. And then there's Samuel Irons, a monolithic, kind-hearted, wise giant of a man who works as an engineer and, though he disagrees with the way the religious artifact is, in his opinion, being manhandled, he is the biggest and strongest force in saving as many people as possible until the very end. Technically, the animation is pretty good (not the best I've ever seen, but probably a 4 out of 5), the voice actors chosen do a great job (although I still can't understand how people can scream on cue, but these folks do the job over and over and over and over), and the story, even for its seemingly simple plot line of kill or be killed makes you get rather philosophical about life and death and how in the world we can face the end when we truly know that there is no hope. As to price, I got this at a well-reduced used price, probably wouldn't have paid full retail for it, but if you like what Palmiotti and Gray are doing with DC's Jonah Hex or are quite into the game, I can't think of a better alien story after Alien. Recommended.
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