cairns_ron Simon Phillips and: Paul Tanter did a pretty good job, possibly they ran out of funds, else why cram the script into the last 10%. Simon could have left us with a future Chinese cliffhanger instead of a drug fueled finsih, but I hold Tanter and script review responsible. Direction, art and suspense I give 70%, Editing did the best they could after it was in the can, meanwhile Simon goes on to the next movie in 2018 I hope. Thanks for reading

jbburger I love Sci-Fi! and I've watched some really good and some bad sci-Fi. THIS IS NOT BAD Sci-Fi!!!The graphics are on par with Serenity, the plot is believable, the character development - could be a little better, but it's way way better than a 3 of 10! There is action, adventure, intrigue. This movie is not and never will be Rogue One, but it was never meant to be.(The extra high rating I gave was to balance out the putz's that are giving this clearly 70% material a 35% rating.) If you wanna see bad graphics watch Humanity's end, that is at least closer to a 30 for the bad graphic's but the character development and humor bring that one up to at least a 60%

tombat-1 This is my first movie review because I think it should be higher and worth a watch. I love the Sci-Fi movies… 5th Element, Star Wars, Aliens, Star Trek (Not TOS) etc. I do not like B rated ones because I expect some good special effects and props. I like a movie to have more scenery then a small control panel on a ship. This movie had several sets and some nice scenes of space. The effects were nice and the plot was easy to follow. It was well edited, flowed and left a little to the imagination at the end. Ignore the lower user reviews, they are more of a pompous one sided I know everything about movies look. Complaining that it is not like other movies. It isn't like other movies. Even the two real critics that reviewed it liked it. The acting was well done and I really thought they pulled off the dialog. If a Sci-Fi movie is worth watching it is over a 5. If it is really entertaining it gets a 7/8.. If you put 5th element and Aliens on the 10 side this movie comes in with an 8 easily.

pontram First to say, this is not a new 'Sunshine' (2007), nor 'Pandorum' (2009) . If you want one of those, you have to look elsewhere. The basic story is quite similar though - a spaceship, here not so big, and with only a few people on board, searching for the last resort of mankind , while earth herself is nearly destroyed. The main difference to 'Sunshine' and 'Pandorum' is the amount of bloodshed, and also the budget, which was approx. a tenth of each of the former's.It may be true that the first 40 minutes are a bit hard to overcome for the average sf-action lover. There we learn to know the crew, which is a bit of a family since they are now together for seven years, as we are told. The movie takes it's time to establish a certain mood of day-life, instead of bringing up severe conflicts or delusions and problems immediately. That's OK, if you ask me, I do sometimes like a more lifelike approach. And who, when not astronauts, should be able to live through such a long journey ?When the ship encounters the derelict ship, as described in the story-line, the movie gains momentum as it should, and it doesn't lose it until the end, providing enough tension and action for a rainy evening in front of the flat-screen. Acting is solid, directing and special effects are OK for a Direct-to-Video or Video-On-Demand production (which I assume it is).As the budget may dictate, 'The last scout' cannot claim to be special or outstanding, like said examples, and it doesn't want to. Instead, it tells its story, and this is where it looses some stars, the story ingredients are too much copied from those other movies, minus a certain amount of their violence, to be suitable for families, I think. It would have taken only a bit of time to form a more creative and interesting solution within the premises, at least avoiding said big models. So, for the SF veteran, the outcome and the explanations toward the end are a bit disappointing.I can give the movie yet 6/10, as 5 would be too low in my eyes.