Pandorum

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Pandorum

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Released Sep 25, 2009

1h 48m

Sci-Fi

Horror

Action

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Astronauts Payton (Dennis Quaid) and Bower (Ben Foster) awake in a hypersleep chamber with no memory of who they are or what their mission might be. While Payton stays behind to monitor the radio transmitter, Bower ventures out of the chamber into the seemingly abandoned spaceship. The men quickly realize that they are not alone and that the fate of mankind hinges on what they do next.

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Critics Consensus

While it might prove somewhat satisfying for devout sci-fi fans, Pandorum's bloated, derivative plot ultimately leaves it drifting in space.

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Keith Uhlich

Time Out

As the credit "Produced by Paul W.S. Anderson" attests, this is hackwork of the highest order.

Rated: 1/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Perri Nemiroff

CinemaBlend

It takes a brilliant concept and stellar performances and buries them in banality and mediocre scares.

Rated: 2.5/5

Aug 12, 2010

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Kim Newman

Empire Magazine

Pandorum is a hodge-podge of familiar sci-fi stuff, which feels as if it were adapted from a computer game.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 4, 2009

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

It wants to transcend several genres at once, and by doing so become something original. Except it doesn’t realize these many goals, nor does it accomplish maybe just one or two.

Rated: 2/4

Aug 30, 2023

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Sean Axmaker

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It’s basically a zombie movie set-up on an industrial spaceship, a fast-moving B-movie that throws out lots of theories that don’t stand up to the light of reason and then moves on to the next chase and feeding frenzy by the mutant hordes.

Aug 19, 2023

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Taylor Baker

Drink in the Movies

Episode 32: Captive State / Pandorum / Mirror Image / Us

Rated: 68/100

Sep 14, 2021

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Zarko L

Every moment is a trill, every moment you get a new piece of the story. Absolute masterpiece, top 100 movies of all time. The style of storyteling is unique and the acting is great.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/07/25

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Adam A

I don't get why it's ratings are low i mean, when u watch u feel the thrill, the horror and attachement to the characters which shows how well written it actually was and the twist was interesting to watch not as bad as others might say

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/08/25

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Audience Member

I think people are overly critical of sci-fi and horror genre. The film is fun. The twist was interesting. The monsters were cool. The actors did a good job.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/19/25

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Leah M

The negative reviews on this movie are shocking. While it’s not the best movie ever, it’s definitely worth a watch. It kept me on my toes and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

07/10/25

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Nesrin U

So bad bro, don' t waste your tıme on that movie.ıt's😥so bad, don't bother whatching it.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/19/25

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S P

I have "no idea" (ha) how this got such a low rating—the negative things many of these so-called “critics” say about it make zero sense. One of them even gave it a bad review for not being “poetic.” LOL. It’s easily one of the most convincing sci-fi horror films ever released. It honestly feels like someone was actively trying to hurt the director, the producers, the studio that funded the film—or maybe even some of the actors. There’s definitely something off about the critics’ reviews. Maybe they just didn’t like the film’s take on evolution and were overly religious. Ridiculous, considering science and religion can be complementary. Why can’t people entertain the idea that both creation and evolution could coexist? Pure ignorance, in my opinion. They give high ratings to terrible, shallow, lazily slapped-together horror films—but when a masterpiece like this comes along, they trash it with empty, vapid reasoning. The closest film I can think of in tone is The Descent—only this is even better. And I’m a huge fan of The Descent, which ironically received much higher ratings.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/10/25

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Christian Alvart

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Synopsis

Astronauts Payton (Dennis Quaid) and Bower (Ben Foster) awake in a hypersleep chamber with no memory of who they are or what their mission might be. While Payton stays behind to monitor the radio transmitter, Bower ventures out of the chamber into the seemingly abandoned spaceship. The men quickly realize that they are not alone and that the fate of mankind hinges on what they do next.

Director: Christian Alvart
Producer: Paul W.S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer
Screenwriter: Travis Milloy
Distributor: Overture Films
Production Co: Constantin Film, Studio Babelsberg, Impact Pictures
Rating: R (Strong Horror Violence|Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2009, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.3M
Runtime: 1h 48m

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