backend42 I find the IMDb rating for this movie saying more about the voters then about the movie. Most people are unaffected apparently. I am hit full face by this movie. The films mirroring of the human condition is nothing short of spectacular. I don't think this film could have been made this good by any other kind of budget or by any other set of prerequisites for that matter. The actors, the director, the story line, the art direction and special effects all tuned into each other. This is one of those very rare times that all the pieces just fall perfectly together. Beautiful... hopefully with time more people will discover this masterpiece.

teeter812 This movie was great, found it on accident while looking at Andy Whitfield's film endeavors. Could have used some more publicity but that understandable with the budget they had. B movie camera quality but acting and overall continuity of the film more than make up for it.I was genuinely surprised that i hadn't heard about it before. If you are an action sci-fi fan odds are you will agree this film should not have just slipped through the cracks as it did. I personally found it to be of better quality than many mainstream blockbuster titles with 50 times the budget. Definitely worth watching but don't just take my word for it decide for yourself.Can you believe that Legion had 173 times the budget and still turned out not even half as good. Movie Link: http://www.1channel.ch/watch-2558-Gabriel

tedg I came to this because it was Australian, a first film and supposedly risky. It has been some time since a young Australian filmmaker has affected me, and I always put then toward the top of the list.This, dear friends is simply some yelling. It is no "Ink."But it got me wondering. Movies are all about satisfying urges. Well, everything is, but the tokens are explicitly here for you to see. But the constraints of the medium and market morph those urges. So what you see is not what you wanted, but what you can get. Over time, you build this dissonance because you live in the world created by constraints.Here is what I mean. We all wonder about how the world works. So we want cosmologies in our art, grand organizing principles. We want to know what the rules are. So we have stories with grand conspiracies, or mythical worlds with an order, usually bad and good. Or even just a guy with super powers or abilities who wins because he is attuned in a world where justice flows.But the medium has only a few human activities that are cinematic. One of these is fighting, especially with guns and knives. If you are making a movie on the cheap, you'll have to forgo the standard fireball explosions, usually with the hero walking away slowly.As a result, we end up with bizarre situations where cosmological forces are shoved into fight movies. This is not the worst example; I saw this with "TMNT," but it is pretty obvious because the movie itself is so unrewarding.Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.

Rathko Australian Dark Fantasy-SciFi movie in which Good and Evil fight it out in the sprawling slums of Purgatory for the souls of those awaiting judgment. On the side of the Light is Gabriel. Fighting for Team Darkness is Sammael. Necessity is the mother of invention. Like George Miller with 'Mad Max', Abbess is forced by a minuscule budget to rely on strong storytelling, creative design, and superior performances to craft his movie. And while the results may not have the long lasting influence of Miller's work, they are astonishing. The movie possesses a striking visual richness thanks to the work of a talented designer and cinematographer, and just as Mel Gibson stood out in 'Mad Max', so Andy Whitman stalks through 'Gabriel' with real A-list charisma. The film is not without its faults: while the story is strong, the screenplay itself is structurally sloppy and has some serious pacing issues; head demon, Sammael, looks like the lead singer in a 'Ramones' tribute band; and the rooftop climax is an unapologetic shot-for-shot remake of 'Blade Runner'. The presence of a character with bleach-blond dreadlocks forces the deduction of yet another point. They looked ridiculous in 'Matrix'; they look ridiculous here. Yet despite these misgivings, there is something undeniably infectious about the passion and commitment that everyone brings to the project. Personally, I can't wait for the sequels.