Thursday 6 November 2014

Film Review: Debug

Genre: Horror  Sci-Fi 

Cert: 15 cert

Director: David Hewlett

Screen writer: David Hewlett

Starring: Nathaniel Bacon , Allison Brennan , Adam Butcher , Tenika Davis , Jeananne Goossen , Kerr Hewitt , Kate Hewlett , Adrian Holmes , Sidney Leeder , Kyle Mac , Alex Mallari Jr. , Jason Momoa , Meher Pavri , Jadyn Wong.

Running time: 90 mins

Parents advised to read before viewing film as some scene may contain scenes unsuitable for younger viewers.

Sex & Nudity: Brief sexual scene, woman in red bra & red pants

Violence & Gore: Few bloody scenes though out the film

Profanity: Mild to strong language, some sexual reference

Alcohol/Drugs/Smoking: none

Frightening/Intense Scenes: Some scene maybe disturbing to some viewers not to frightening - 15 cert rating horror



Story: Six young computer hackers sent to work on a derelict space freighter, are forced to match wits with a vengeful artificial intelligence that would kill to be human.

Likes : This is not a bad film but still not a great film, the concept of the film feel's similar to ghost in the machine meets event horizon in curtain ways seem to worked so much better has nothing to do with its production values and everything to do with its focus on atmosphere—an area where Debug has every opportunity to try to match this film, but dosent seem to quite mange it some how which seem to try to hard with it budget.
In all fairness, Debug manages to stand up fairly well in quite a few aspects and punches which is well above its budget in terms of production values.
The acting in this film is well acted, with the exception of Jason Momoa's who seem to come off a little bad not sure if this is a character script failure or he just didn't suit this role. Perhaps, already having achieved star status's with the character Khal Drogo in Game of Thrones, he didn't feel the same need to distinguish himself as the other actors.
 Either way, the lacklustre sleaze he brings to the role cheapens and stifles all tension and drama whenever he is on screen. Jeananne Goossen and Sidney Leeder, in contrast, bring life and character to their roles, whereas the rest of the cast is simply passable which makes this a watchable film but its not without its flaws.
The special effect arnt cheaply done, but done with simple c.g.i effects to look realistic enough, for a low budget sci-fi horror, which is something you really have to enjoy watching if not a film i would recommend unless your into the low budget film's.

Dislikes : The film try's to be to much like event event horizon & ghost in machine it just fails in both, some of the acting is questionable but the film itself is watchble barely watchable.

Overall : Watch-able film for a low budget sci-fi horror

Rating: 3.4 out of 5 for entertainment / 4.7 out of 10 for concept.




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