Dead Space: Downfall
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Movie Reviews of Dead Space: Downfall
Movie Review: Cheap knockoff of Extermination PS2
Summary: 3 Stars
Movie was plodding.
Anime was so so.
Lots of cursing ...
Seen better gore elsewhere ...
The ideal is a ripoff of the aforementioned game.
Should have just been named DOWNfall ... LOL
Movie Review: Great film!!! Not!!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
Many fans of the game might be inclined to watch this movie, simply because of their love for it but like Star Wars fans who watched the prequels, many watched more out of curiosity of how the story would develop, opposed to great movie making. The parallel between Star Wars and its prequels would be the same as playing Dead Space and watching this movie...prepare for disappointment.
It seems that the people who were inspired to make this movie saw a good money making opportunity but did so with as little amount of money as possible. I'm always captivated by new fresh ideas and genuine creativity and so I had much hope for this film. Even if a movie is poorly done, if it is a novel piece, I'll like it to some degree. Unfortunately, this movie wasn't as unique as you might think. Much of the movie parallels Event Horizon (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) and to a lesser degree John Carpenter's The Thing (Collector's Edition).
Event Horizon (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) wasn't a great film but compared to Dead Space: Downfall, Event Horizon (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition) deserves an Oscar. The 4 trailers you see prior to your arrival to the main menu pretty much sets the tone for what you are about to see, a b movie but all drawn. A saving grace would have been high quality art work, along the lines of Ghost in the Shell and incorporating the techniques used in Family Guy - Blue Harvest Special Edition (w/ limited-edition collectibles) episode. Sadly though, it ranked up there with many of the Saturday morning cartoons, with the addition of gore. Its use of cgi didn't help, mainly because of the poor art work; the cgi didn't blend well where it complimented the movie.
When it comes to fear factor...there wasn't any. Maybe because it's a cartoon. I have yet to see a cartoon horror movie that is actually scary. Live action horror movies use lighting and mood, which can't be reproduced in a cartoon. At least not well. Despite the use of props, when you see a live action horror movie, you close your eyes because it looks real. It's the cheap, low budget movies where you can tell it's all props, which you want to either laugh or make fun of it. Going live action would have made this movie a little scarier.
Anyone concerned with nudity or looking for it, there isn't any other the scene in the showers, where people are being attacked. In that segment, you're only going to see nude men, one in particular where you see a guy's "equipment." There are no nude women scenes or sex scenes, which is common with the anime genera.
One pathetic aspect of the movie is that the person putting the story together and/or the director, took ideas from different movies and tries to make it work in this piece. Many times when a writer or director puts details here and there, it makes a symmetrical arch later in the movie. With Dead Space, you can see small elements from other horror movies but doesn't make those small elements work because they don't fully use the components to its full extent.
Take for example the end of the movie. Before it goes to credits, you hear a child's limerick. The child's limerick doesn't fit any where because you don't have any earlier segments where they utilize aspects of the child's limerick. You don't see any of the character's childhood where the song is sung, or even anyone communicating with a parent where it makes some sense to include that in this movie. Furthermore, having the limerick doesn't do anything to enhance fear.
There are portions of the movie where you see what's going on from the monster's point of view. That worked well for Predator (Widescreen Collector's Edition). The reason it did, you didn't know what was stalking the people. You had little glimpses here and there but it took a while before you really got a look. Doing so kept the suspense and mystery up. Try to have the same effect after you know what's coming after the characters, doesn't work because at that point, you already know. That's why Predator 2 (Two-Disc Special Edition) wasn't as hot as the first movie. In Dead Space, you only see things from the monster's point of view, long after you know what's attacking people.
Other aspects of the movie, you really don't connect with any of the characters so you really couldn't wrap yourself around what's going on and hope that the characters make it. The dialogue was also weak. It would have been interesting to see more about the historic background of the Dead Space universe. Granted fans of the game probably have read it already but for a movie, it would have been nice to have included it. Having scenes of life on Earth would have also been interesting.
In one part of the movie, the second in command has to step up to the plate. He actually reminds me of one of the characters on King of the Hill - Seasons 1 - 6. The similarity isn't just in the way he's drawn but at points, you hear the same voice as this particular character from King of the Hill. I wonder if it's the same actor.
As far as the DVD itself, in the special features section, you can hear a soundtrack. Now if you're thinking a song being sung, you'd be wrong. It's the background orchestra music that's played in the movie. I'd only recommend listening to it if you enjoy what you hear in the movie. When the music is played, your screen goes blank so there's nothing going on other then music. The DVD also has deleted scenes, which for a cartoon; it's not that interesting to watch since all you're seeing is sketches, with actors reading their lines. You also have the movie trailer for Dead Space: Downfall.
Surprisingly, the best part of the DVD is the art of Dead Space segment. A majority of the artwork is from the game and it is beautifully done. There are only about 4 pieces of work for the movie that is shown and that's set toward the end of the gallery. Another aspect of Dead Space, that happens to be good, is the trailer for the game. These two parts of the DVD are the only thing that's of any redeeming value. Everything else, from the trailers to soundtrack is worthless.
There's actually one trailer that looks to be a funny movie, Brutal Massacre: A Comedy. It's a spoof on the making of a horror movie but like many comedy movies, the best parts are probably shown in the trailers and the rest is snoresville.
This movie had so much potential of really good story telling but drops the ball. Unlike many movies that have either gone from books to movies or video games to movies, many of them are bombs but at least they try to make the movie work. When it comes to Dead Space, I think this movie is an insult to fans. A company produces a product that generates interest and obviously enough interest to make this film but instead of giving its fans something to talk about, they instead produce a cheap, hopefully money generating bone. I wouldn't recommend buying this product. First off, it isn't worthy the price they are selling it for. If you want to know how this story line goes, you are better off renting it. When you see this movie, you would understand why you wouldn't want to keep it in the house because all it will do is create dead space.
Movie Review: A Great Game But Sadly A Not So Great Movie
Summary: 2 Stars
This is supposed to give people who have played the game a more detailed story-plot about what happens to the crew of the ship and what happened before they get there. But sadly although the voice actors were great the story didn't really make to much of a difference for me either way, it just seemed to be a 1 hour and a half bloody cartoon. The short story plot is there is a alien stone artifact found on a remote mining planet colony where some religious faction through some idea believe this is proof of the existence of god, but as the colony contacts for an earth transport to take the artifact back home mysterious murders and suicides start to plague the mining colony. Than after the ship arrives and take the artifact into the ships hold the mining colony is wiped out by other colonist who seemed to have mutated into monsters, and after a shuttle from the colony crashes into ship the same horror starts aboard the ship. Again for myself watching this although somewhat entertaining didn't really matter to me with the game play of the Dead Space game itself. Also the animation while not bad it wasn't on the a-list either also the audio while o.k. wasn't exactly spectacular either, so I say to potential buyers just stick with the standard and save yourself a few more bucks and keep away from the blu-ray dvd one. So in the end is this a must see cartoon movie for fans of the game for myself I say no but if you're still curious check it out for yourselves...Movie Review: If Cannibal Corpse Made a Science Fiction Cartoon
Summary: 2 Stars
Dead Space: Downfall had me interested after seeing the game played extensively. I was really set on just buying the movie but thankfully a friend found a way to just rent it from the Xbox movie store. I'm glad I just rented it. Downfall is a short prequel to the game so don't expect much out of it. It answers a few questions from the game and fills in for how the whole mess started but really nothing too revealing. The animation is good but at times seems choppy and a few frame rates short. The length of the movie seems appropriate but it all just feels rushed and ends too quickly, it could've been drawn out a lot. There is a crap load of blood in this flick, seriously, don't let the kids watch this, not unless you're ready to pay for at least 5 years of therapy. If you're a diehard fan of Dead Space the game, then you'll love this, otherwise just try and watch it for free or without paying too much. Not really something you want to spend that extra 20 bucks on.Movie Review: Not a full movie in the normal sense
Summary: 2 Stars
This movie is really a prequel to the Video game--and only that. It's entertaining for the first 20 minutes-- but then it devolves into moving Shoot'em up sequences with occasional videogame type dialogue and then ends.
That's it-- it ends. If you want to see or know more-- you will have to play the game. An aborted Storyline with No answered questions.
The concept looked like a novel space-horror flick that I was hoping would be a full-fledged animated feature. This was a disappointment. Not worth the $20.