Although the story is intriguing, the whole film is a failure from direction, to art direction, to actors direction, to actors' performances. Catlin Staisey, who plays heroin Ellie, hasn't forgotten she is acting in a movie not in her usual soap opera, and her performance oscillates from plain pathetic to barely acceptable; one wonders why she was given the role, Australian having such fine bunch of actors around. Lincoln Lewis is not of far away from his soap-opera self while playing Kevin, while Denis Akdeniz is a caricature of a character in his portrayal of Hommer, but I think that is what the script demanded from him. Rachel Hurd-Wood is lovely and believable as Corrie as well as Ashleigh Cummings as Robyn. Acceptable are Phoebe Tonkin as Fiona, Chris Pang as Lee, and Chris Lang as Andy Ryan.
It is not only the acting, is the lack of tension in the movie, the lack of sci-fi mood, and lack of an adequate music. The stunt and action scenes are very well filmed, but this is all what you can praise in the movie. It is difficult to understand why a mediocre TV film has been brought to the big screen, and why the money has been wasted in such a poor way. More embarrassing is the fact that two more sequels are still to come. One has to hope that they will be better, which is really simple. You just need a good director, a good creative team, and a good direction of your actors to bring to life and make credible a sci-fi flick.
Completely forgettable. Teens and fans of the soap-opera actors will certainly like it.
