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Six young computer hackers, sent to work on a derelict spaceship, are forced to match wits with a vengeful artificial intelligence that would kill to be human. Tangled between terrible acting, jokes and a plot that suffers from the same things that most Sci-Fi movies suffers this days and Jason Momoa acting like Frankenstein was also not a good idea because the man can do better than that believe me he has the right acting skills and stamina to finish the job but this movie lacks all the right things for a good Science Fiction flick. (0/10)
Jan Strydom
I've seen quite a few movies with ratings as low as 4.0 that turned out to be decent enough to recommend. DEBUG falls into the same category but is tougher to recommend because movies set in space don't seem so popular overall. But this film I would recommend because unlike the others or at least the recent slew of space flicks. DEBUG as a story line good enough to hold your attention and the main characters are interesting enough for you to really want to know more about them.Visually, the film looks good but the fact that it was shot on a low budget is not painfully obvious but noticeable. It doesn't have a lot of atmosphere but the score helps in creating a fair amount of tension.Overall, DEBUG was better than expected and deserves a bit of a higher rating. The story line progresses nicely. The acting is competent although the effects are not outstanding but doesn't really hinder the film.
bowmanblue
Oh dear. Just... oh dear. I like science fiction and I always enjoy seeing a good 'spaceship' type set. Just about the only two big budget 'spaceship set-type' movies of recent years were the Star Trek reboots and Prometheus. Therefore, I always try to give a space movie a chance. I shouldn't have bothered here. If you see this film out on DVD in the shops, you may notice its quite flashy box. Don't be deceived. The cover art is about the most expensive part of this whole film.Basically, it's cheap. That's really all you need to know. During the opening scene, you'll get a sort of establishing shot of the outside of a giant spaceship. Only it looks like it was designed on a ZX Spectrum. I probably should have turned the film off there and saved myself an hour and a half. What follows is six kids (okay, teens – but they acted like kids in my opinion) trying to get rid of an (evil) artificial intelligence from the spaceship's computer. The kids wear cheap orange uniforms and I wonder which genius actually entrusted them to this critical mission? Surely the crew of the Red Dwarf would be more organised than this crowd? The spaceship is nothing new – white clean-looking corridors and... well, that's about it. Nothing new and certainly nothing expensive.You won't give a damn about a single character. They're all equally bland. I guess I should be grateful they're not that annoying. Anyway, in this cheap 2001: A Space Odyssey set, you get a vague Event Horizon plot where the kids have to face their fears (or something – I was kind of tuning out by this stage). But, whereas Event Horizon had a cool Gothic feel for its decent, well-known actors to get lost in, this one is just cheap white corridors for its unknown cast to find – apparently – scary stuff in.Yes, it's fair to say that I didn't like it. Granted I didn't really hate it, it's just there's nothing new here and nothing I have seen, only much better. If you like your 'spaceship movies' (like I do), just watch anything from Star Trek to Event Horizon (or Pandorum – I liked that, but no one else seemed to). Just forget this and ignore the enticing cover art on its DVD box.Okay, it had one positive: the 'HUDs' (heads up displays) were kind of neat and I'd never seen that special effect before. But that alone wasn't worth an hour and a half of my time.
foghorn_clj
A movie that feels a little old school but still has some surprises, it's a solid effort by fan favourite David Hewlett. The use of HUD's and security cameras as well as the blinding white of the station does enhance the claustrophobic feeling. The highlight is Momoa who is super creepy as the Iam. Kaida as the heroine has enough balance and complexity to make her likable.The only downside is it feels like episodic TV, which means as a viewer I wanted so much more background before entering into this story. I feel like the exposition was rushed at the beginning which made it difficult to connect emotionally with the characters.