silverkreahe What a cool premise. This movie should have made my favorites list. Extraterrestrials, robots, space, wormholes, examinations of what makes us human... But instead I have so many complaints.As the other reviewers have noted, the visuals are excellent. Special effects were, for the most part, excellently done that added to the story. Unfortunately, while the special effects were clear, they were over explained. So much of the story is just exposition, leaving viewers with feelings of "Yes yes I saw that but WHY." And if the director's intention was to get the viewers to ask why, he could have done so without the exposition. In fact, the only special effect that I wanted answered was the destruction of the outer planets. Was that the aliens? Was it malicious and then they changed their minds? Was it to give them the raw elements to create Earth 2 and the other planets and if so why was such destruction necessary if they can create wormholes? There were, like, 3 or 4 good movies floundering inside this film. A story about the global social impact of the Void and the subsequent dark spheres- you didn't really expect your audience to believe that one private company successfully convinced every single nation on the planet to not attempt to interact or otherwise engage with the Void and the spheres, do you? And if you're going to say they did, you've gotta come up with a convincing reason. Or a story about what happened on the other side. We're told years go by and yet all we see are a couple landscape shots and a fever dream? No, you sent a person over there in a robot suit- how did she pass the time? What did she encounter? What did she think? And there's a story to be told about Earth 2 obviously and it's effects on Earth, socially, economically, environmentally. That's a whole new planet in the sky, way too close to not impact the oceans, the orbit, the satellites, etc. You could even tell a story about the subsequent people who became Human 2.0s, as a sequel I guess. And then there are the errors. There were little ones like Jessica 2.0's hands are robotic except for when we're looking at the footage of the planet on the other side of the wormhole - then they're just people hands inside white cloth gloves? Or how we talk about there being an extensive vetting process to become a Human 2.0, we lose the first one, Jessica's the second and we go through the process with her... and then she's aboard the shuttle with another person who wasn't vetted? Just a soldier? But we immediately discard him in the wormhole so I guess he didn't need any story time. Except that he reappears at the very end and it's still fully human - despite that we were very clear that you had to be Human 2.0 to go through the wormhole and that there was no coming back to human after becoming Human 2.0. And I've already touched on my issues with the distance between Earth and Earth 2. This movie needed AT LEAST an story editor, but really needed a different writer. And someone on hand to clear up some science. I don't need action, I need coherent story.

roblukacs Bland preachy save the planet tripe. Another preachy pretend to be intelligent borefest. A film is supposed to be above all entertaining and engaging. This is neither. The characters are flat and undeveloped and generic. The dialogue is in docustyle inteview format which means you dont really get characters that go through any type of arc. I couldnt even tell you the characters names or anything about them because they are undeveloped. When I dont know anything about the characters i dont care about them. When I dont care I dont watch. The dialogue is dry and goes on about how we need to take care of the planet. They drone on with the same loopy soundtrack tune all thru the film. We get visited by aliens that bring us a new planet because we have done such a poor job of maintaining our own. They do this by somehow transporting it thru a wormhole nearby. We decide to send a human in the wormhole. To protect the human we pull its brain and plug it into a robot body. This actually makes for a cool concept that they could have made into a story of its own dealing with the character that went thru with the surgery. But its just another poorly executed plot device to move the borefest forward. If I were to describe this film I would say its Robocop mixed in with contact and the global warming preachyness of World War Z, documentary style. It sucks and anyone who thought it was intellegent and thought provoking is a moron.

smc_dap First, I am shocked that this had low ratings - I genuinely enjoyed this movie and the fact that it came off as a documentary too. I didn't like some of the special effects, but this wasn't enough for me to take away the message of the movie itself. I found the story compelling, I loved that I didn't recognize any of the actors/actresses, and overall - it was refreshing compared to the highly saturated comic themed movies that come these days.This movie has a laid back atmosphere with moderate tension - so for those wanting action and violence - look elsewhere. Spare your time and save this movie from bad ratings because it may not be a batman movie - but it is unique in it's own way. I enjoyed the depth of details that went into this movie too - being a person who enjoys documentaries and topics of alien life forms to begin with - this movie was rewarding to see. For those who enjoy this kind of pace and theme - this is a great watch that honestly left me inspired and teary eyed. Please give this movie a chance.There is a powerful message to take away from this movie. I just hope many others will appreciate it as much as I did. Definitely one of my current favorites now!

ivorybow Most scifi movies are just cowboys shooting it out with the bad guys in space - tired stories told over and over which could fit into any setting and time. This movie is a type of which sadly so few examples exist. This story could only have taken place in space, and a little bit into the future, with complex and advanced science. I ended up moved to tears by the beauty of the hope presented. If you are a lover of hard scifi, don't miss this one. Outstanding!