EssenceStory Well Deserved Praise

Lumsdal Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Aubrey Hackett While it is a pity that the story wasn't told with more visual finesse, this is trivial compared to our real-world problems. It takes a good movie to put that into perspective.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

rangerstorm First of all I enjoyed this movie. Its not a perfect ten out of ten filled with drama, suspense and emotion.Its not that, this is a fun kill kill kill action sc-fi.The characters aren't done perfectly but their done at the scale of a seven maybe a tad higher. Their not deep, their a bit clichéd but their still fun to have around. I personally enjoyed the heroine for her clichéd bullheadedness.The story had its interesting parts but for the most part broke even though I felt the ending was fairly solid. Story aside my attention was drawn more to the tid bits on the universe the film takes place in.The world in which the film takes place is set up nicely enough. It never or rarely felt like the movie forced information down my throat, plus I enjoyed the bits that where thrown my way. These bits might not be dropped perfectly but they weren't pain inducing.Though the movie did not have me groaning over any particular part there is a reason this movie is a seven and not a ten or an eight. First of all their seems to be pacing issues. Just when it feels there should be sound or emotion the film gives you a scene that's just "ehh".This let down can be seen in multiple scenes, scenes that could have been better with just a touch of line, music or maybe more emotion out of the actors. Either way these scenes could have taken on emotion but they went "ehh"."Ehh" seems to be this movie's Achilles heel. The film in my viewings had no parts where I felt a scene was painful but their where definitely parts that needed work and ended up being "ehh". That said I enjoyed the movie, it was fun, the story kept my attention, and I enjoyed the heroine for this it has to be seven not good enough to be an eight but not bad enough to be a six.

ffrreeaakk Movie shows how it all began and how Ishimura became what it is in a Dead Space game. I played game first and didn't know about existence of this movie. It was great feeling to see the real story and last hours of Ishimura's crew actions. Monsters, sounds, suits, Marker and story... it's amazing how everything seems so similar and coherent with game. Many people don't rate it good... that's because they saw only one half of this plot.I really recommend to see this one after you played. Because it's better to unfold the story while playing than just watch it. Also because the last scene of movie becomes the first in the game.

Jesse Kellestine This isn't by any means an amazing anime film that can hold it's own in a genre that boasts titles like Akira, Princess Monokee and Howl's Flying Kingdom etc...which take us on epic journeys with deeper characters and that indulge in fantasy and sci-fi fun!That being said this isn't bad though and if you are a fan of the game (which I am) you'll enjoy and be disappointed by Dead Space: Downfall. See in the game it's fun, scary and well paced. This is that as well but all to a lesser degree, mostly do to it's "wooden" feel.A moderate companion and counter part to the great video game, Downfall earns a very modest 7 out of 10

argonium This anime was far more entertaining than I'd expected, a pleasant surprise. The animation has a Nickelodeon quality about it and that's the only resemblance to anything nick has ever produced. It's liberal with deep space (surprise!,) aliens, blood, bullets, horror and... bashing... and hacking... and CG, which is good.It's dumb fun.Some other movies that come to mind after watching this are Event Horizon, Silent Hill, When they Cry and... Avatar. Many others too, though honestly, this plot and setting, they feel new.P.S. There is some impressive animation, kudos to the artists.