Stranded

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Frank B I watch a lot of movies. I’ve seen many bad ones. This was excruciating. My only question to the producers: Why? 😳 Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/27/24 Full Review Jordan S I watched this movie randomly over a decade ago and loved it. I did not remember the title though so I have been searching for it. Finally found it! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Here we go with an ultra-obscure science fiction flick. As far as I can gather, "Stranded" is a Spanish film, either dubbed or shot simultaneously in English. The film is set in the year 2020. Man is just getting ready to land on Mars for the first time. A crew of seven is getting ready to step on solid ground when disaster strikes. The landing craft crashes and is unsalvageable. The only astronaut not on Mars is forced to return to Earth to get help, a trip that will take a whopping 26 months. Meanwhile, the captain has been killed on impact and there is no way the crew can survive the wait unless they get creative. The film follows them as they explore every possibility to maintain their oxygen and water supply but it quickly becomes apparent that there simply isn't enough power to keep everyone alive for that long. "Stranded" starts off pretty rough, with some awful dialogue and pretty wooden performances but as the movie plays out, it gets a lot better and as a sci-fi movie, it's not too bad in the end. I can't emphasize enough how terrible the beginning of the film is. As the crew are about to land on Mars, they are being interviewed. The newscaster asks them "Why Mars? What do you expect to find there?" and the audience looks befuddled. Did they really ask the astronauts why they are going to the planet closest to Earth, and what they expect to see there? What kind of idiotic interview is this? It really doesn't help either that Danel Aser, who plays Herbert is truly awful in his role. He is given lines like "There's something we're going to start to accept: We're no longer on a mission to Mars, we're shipwrecked. We'll have to accept a great deal of suffering and discomfort. Don't worry. I'm used to facing extreme situations." And "We all know that oxygen is the most abundant element in the rocks on Mars, don't we?" It would be laugh-out-loud funny if it wasn't so pathetic. Maria Lidon as Susana Sanchez, the second in command is also giving a bad performance. Who am I kidding? Everyone starts of pretty lousy. It's a really rough start. Thankfully, the movie does get better because the premise is solid. Think about it. When you're say... stranded on an island you do have that worry about food and water (Depending on where you are) but there's always a sliver of hope that you can build a raft or catch someone's attention and get rescued. Not here. Even if all of the pieces of the crashed ship were somehow salvageable it would be impossible to construct a craft capable of bringing our unfortunate astronauts back to Earth. There's a reason people compare something difficult to rocket science. On top of that, there are two additional resources that are in short supply: air and heat. The difficulty level just got cranked up a notch. That's the danger of space travel, the fact that you are completely isolated, completely alone (to a certain extent) and in this case, literally on an alien world. The introduction and development of these ideas is where the movie really starts to kick off. There's some decent tension as you try and figure out who's going to screw up and get themselves killed, who's going to get cabin fever cooped up in that tiny ship and who is going to try and backstab the rest. I'm not necessarily saying all of these events happen, I'm just saying that they're all very real possibilities. Towards the end of the movie there are some cool ideas thrown around and some pretty good moments as the characters really reach desperation. Being totally honest though, I will admit that at times, particularly during the first half, the movie wasn't very exciting and I found my mind wandering more than once. "Stranded" is not a great film, but there are some pretty good moments in it. It asks some interesting questions and it's fun to think about what you would do in the same situation as our protagonists. How do you decide who lives and who dies? At what point is there really no hope? What are the dangers of space exploration? If you're a hardcore fan of survival stories and you like science fiction (and this is science fiction because it contains technology that does not exist yet and is set in the future) it's worth a rental. At home, sitting on the couch where you can get up and get a snack while you listen in on some of the drama it's enjoyable. You'll have to forgive the truly awful introduction but hey, it's always preferable for a film to have a weak beginning than a weak ending so where it counts, it works. (Fullscreen version on Dvd, October 27, 2013) Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member Low-budget sci-fi thriller, som ikke er komplet uinteressant. I sidste ende kan de ujævne skuespilspræstationer dog ikke bære den helt hjem, og tiden snegler sig af sted hen imod den noget fesne slutning. I øvrigt temmelig usandsynligt at den første ekspedition til Mars kommer til at bestå af 2 amerikanere og 5 (!!!) spaniere... sådan er det nok bare, når filmen er spansk produceret. Ikke totalt spild af tid, men i sidste ende for ujævn til at være en succes. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Audience Member Is it better with subtitles? Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member terrible acting. however, really good story line. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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