derbo73 This movie is a well-done low-budget production. The acting is well done, set and effects are very good. The plot is, in the end, quite naive and optimistic, which is acceptable. For my taste it's a bit too much of magic/godly interaction to save a dying race from extinction and one must question why it is man that is worthy to be saved but none of all the great other species on Earth? The pacing and story-telling is a bit odd and this movies major shortcoming. I like slow movies, but here the quite simple plot is stretched endlessly. Distracting things like apparitions don't fit in, very well. So in the end for a sci-fimovie this one had too much spiritualism and magic in it for my taste. The basic idea is not bad, but it is not much richer than a shortstory from the 60s, so actually a short movie would have been enough here. Yet, I like the ambitions and think the director might produce some very good stuff in the future-

beastboy-03509 This was a really great film. The background is that America is embroiled in an awful war with Iran. True to reality, Iran has nuclear weapons. The threat of nuclear war is imminent. The movie is about an alien space artichoke communicating telepathically with a man. He is told through his late wife (he couldn't handle a giant alien artichoke talking to him in his dreams. "Contact" has already established this) that he needs to build a cement mixer and put then space artichoke inside of it. It actually ends up being a reverse incubator that preserves a man, a woman and one space artichoke that contains all the DnA for every life form in earth. Nuclear war comes and goes. After fallout is over the cement mixer opens up and humanity starts again via Adam and Eve mk 2.I really liked this movie. The characters were believable and slightly tragic. The Australian director really portrayed American small town red necks well. Maybe Antipodean rednecks have similar qualities? The are a few glaring loopholes in the plot that are resolved in the ending of the movie. The war in Iran is dealt with like the very unpopular Vietnam conflict. A disabled veteran is spit on by a redneck. It was very powerful and shocking. The vet was protesting the war. That may have been why he was spit upon. The war results in 23 soldiers KiA daily. It is a very grim situation.The movie was not perfect. I gave it eight stars for the humanity and the reality of the situation in the film. The bad guy was fairly flat in motivation (just like Negan). If you read this before the film you just ruined the entire movie. I still recommend watching it. It was great science fiction.

stephen-435-741964 I'll try not to include any direct spoilers.This is an odd film that tries to mash too much together. There's a dead parent. There's the threat of war. There's the survivor parent who was never there. There are men in black. There is something that comes from space.There are decent effects, the editing is fine, the acting is acceptable.All of this is put in a blender and poured out in the hopes that it will be a tasty sci-fi smoothie, but in reality we are served a nutritionally complete, but somewhat bland, paste.The mood shots are overly drawn out, the scripting is average, and the acting feels forced at times to try and deliver emotion and message when it's just not needed.There are so many great sci-fi books deserving of being turned into movies. This is a sci-fi movie that was trying to be book. At best it is a short story that has been stretched into a novel and suffers as a result.Lastly, I am not sure why this film is rated R. It is an M or M+ at worst. There is some coarse language, physical violence, and gun violence. There are scenes of war and the outcomes of war but these are actually realistic and only the most sensitive teens wouldn't be able to handle it. There is no sex, nudity, or innuendo.

Peter Pluymers "You're like every other hick in this town. Full of opinions on things you know nothing about. Scared of losing what you think you have. And what's that? A future."You feel like watching a Science Fiction that makes you think back to classics like "Cocoon" or "The invasion of the body snatchers"? Well, you need to give this Australian low-budget indie a chance. Just so you know it in advance, it's not particularly innovative and it's not filled with breathtaking special effects. Yet I found it an enjoyable film to watch in between. Unfortunately it was fairly predictable, certain performances weren't the best of the best and the concept was again post-apocalyptic. The whole story revolves around the mechanic David (Jai Koutrae) and his daughter Annabelle (Kendra Appleton). Due to the loss of his wife, David has a serious drinking problem and a fairly desperate family situation. A conflict in the Middle East ensures that the economy is falling apart and the overall world peace is endangered. While driving through the night, David witnesses a crashing meteorite. He loses control over his steering wheel and ends up in the hospital. The next morning his injuries seem to be healed and in a miraculous way, a kidney he donated to save his wife grew back. After several visions, he takes it upon himself to build a capsule with the help of Zach (Todd Lasance), a disabled war veteran. It sounds a bit like when Noah was given the divine command to build an ark, in order to secure the survival of the human race.Although this film takes place in the U.S., the majority of the actors are Australian and everything was filmed in Portland and Sydney. If I hadn't read it somewhere, I wouldn't have known it. In most films, aliens visiting our planet, don't have friendly intentions. In "Terminus" on the other hand, the alien phenomenon is anything but hostile. It's rather helpful and has healing powers. And again there's an agency (the National Science Agency) that tries anything to get hold of this meteorite. In that way they could produce unbeatable combat troops.Obviously this film was made with a limited budget. But despite this limitation, the makers managed to deliver a sound film. The doomsday scenario is subtly mixed throughout the story with strategically placed newsflashes about the developments in the Middle East. Only the end was quite self-evident. In terms of performances only the NSA agents were weak and portrayed in an ordinary and pathetic way. It was the interaction between David and Zach that provided some highlights. A piece of advice won't harm : Lower your expectations before you watch this movie. More reviews here : http://bit.ly/1KIdQMT