Dead Space Downfall (2008)
Let me first say i love dead space and dead space 2 , they are some of the most awesome games i own on my ps3 and pc (dead space 1 on ps3 and dead space 2 on pc). Now back to the review, I went into this movie not knowing that it was in fact a prequel to the first game, here is the Imdb description:
"The USG Ishimura, a miner spaceship, is transporting a strange artifact called the Red Marker. In the Aegis VII colony, where the Red Marker was found, there are some suicides and murders and the people are slowly going mad. The people are being infected by something. Barrow, the foreman, finds the body of his wife having committed suicide. Barrow decides to escape the colony's madness and, taking his wife's body, goes on board the Ishimura. But something happens to Barrow's wife on board the Ishimura.Written by Emilio Magdaleno".
After finding out it was a prequel, i wanted to restart the film and watch it over again just to help clear my confusion. Also just by looking at the cover you may notice that 1: the hand is a reversed version of the hand on the first dead space case and also that the film itself is animated, not that there is anything wrong with it just catches you off guard if you thought it would be live action but hey thats why i'm here to help you so you know these things, am i right? You may also notice they don't talk about Issac (if you don't know he's the main character in the games except for the iphone version, that game has a female lead) and i'm guessing it's because it's a prequel but still his wife is on the ship and you see her a couple of times up until she kills herself (play the first game to find out more) and there are various plot holes and gaps that are never explained and that is about all the complaints i have to offer. Although it has it's faults Dead Space Downfall is a good movie especially if you played the games and wanted to know what happened prior to the first even though now theres a game that talks about the origins of the marker and what not. This film is recommended for those who love some alien feeling moments and for all the gore fans out there this movie doesn't shy away from showing some grotesque scenes of disembodied people being eaten or infected (explanation through out the game and during the movie). Also on a side note check out my favorite blog in the world http://hayeshudsonshouseofhorror.blogspot.com/ for more horror films and all sorts of other things
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Something to keep in mind as well is that this was done in an anime style. Much like Halo: Legends or the Batman anime or Animatrix before it, Downfall is meant to be an expansion of the Dead Space Universe. The animation is a less costly way (compared to a live action movie)to show what you want with the "effects" that you want. The nice thing is that even though its animated it is geared towards adults and horror fans (like the game). Other games getting such treatments include Bioware's Mass Effect and Dragon Age.
ReplyDeletei do agree but at the time when i first saw this i didn't realize that it was an anime style because netflix was weirding out and some of the movie covers weren't showing including this one so ya
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