This is not an expedition. It's an execution.
In a post-apocalyptic future where an event known as "The Quiet Rapture" caused all known stars and habitable planets in the universe to disappear, a convict is sent to search an ocean of blood discovered on a desolate moon, using a small submarine nicknamed the "Iron Lung".
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Feb 20266/10
This time, it’s a “quiet rapture” that has caused mankind’s latest apocalypse, and so for the next couple of hours we spend time with a convict (Mark Fischbach) submersed in a vast and deep ocean of blood. He has been welded into a rust-bucket that has seen better days and with the windows sealed for his safety, he is informed of his mission only by instructions from the surface as he searches for the resources humanity desperately needs to survive. If he fulfils his task, he is to be pardoned and freed, but as his journey continues and his ship begins to fail, then truths he (and we) believe start to become blurred, questioned and compromised as his oxygen supply begins to run out and he can no longer tell what is true from what is hallucination. Now if you are a fan of claustrophobic horror, then this will be for you and Fischbach proves to be a decent exponent. Sadly, though, I just didn’t have enough context nor terms of reference to really get into the story - what had he done to earn this creaking entombment in the first place? That sense of isolation and the audio effects that augment it work well for a while, but after about half an hour I was struggling to remain engaged w
Read the whole review on TMDB - Sierbahnnon TMDB · Jun 20266/10
Interesting but somewhat incoherent Adapting games to movies is hard, and this movie does this better than most. However, the game being adapted is a peculiar one, and it lends its air of peculiarity to the movie as well. It is a tight and spooky premise, and I am sure that if you have played the game you will get more out of it than someone who has not, but it becomes strangely rambling at times, possibly because the underlying narrative is so dense that the adaptation could not quite pierce it. It is a good movie, just a bit of a slog, at times.
Read the whole review on TMDB - larz9on TMDB · May 20262/10
Without a doubt a colossal waste of time. Unengaging, scattered writing and zero payoff at the end. We follow a convicted criminal's journey through unknown territory in a steel can with near zero context and simply follow a guy gradually losing his mind in the most uninteresting way, leading the viewer to absolutely nowhere after being absolutely everywhere all at once. If anyone were to ask me if they should watch it, my answer is definitely more direct than the supposed "answer" in the movie: Hell no!
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Cast
- Mark FischbachSimon
- Caroline KaplanAva
- Troy BakerDavid
- Elsie LovelockSM-8 Research Lead / The Speaker (voice)
- Elle LaMontSM-8 Research Assistant / The Whisper (voice)
- Mick LauerThe Guy Who Told You to Cross the Wires (voice)
- Dave PettittThe Father
- Holt BoggsEden Soldier
- Isaac McKeeYoung Simon
- Roman Parsons CrowChild of Eden
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- Mark FischbachDirector
- Mark FischbachWriter
- Philip RoyDirector of Photography
- Andrew HulshultOriginal Music Composer
- Mark FischbachEditor
- Jeff GuerreroProducer
- Will HydeProducer
- Amy NelsonProducer
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