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

Stream on Demand

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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Jeff N

It's a film that doesn't really know what it wants to be. Is it a monster thriller, or is it a space madness film? The first third of the movie plays out like a film about people lost on a spaceship in the dark and that's actually pretty good, but then it gets reduced to a cheesy mutant zombie style film where everyone knows martial arts for some reason. Finally they slap in some space madness twist that isn't earned and takes all of five seconds to be obvious. They just tried too many angles and didn't execute any of them well.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/08/25

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Jakob F

A (generally) gripping experience that starts on very strong footing by fixating on body horror and the vacuum of orienting information but which proverbially peaks in high school via showing far too much far too fast, nevertheless painstakingly nailing the aesthetics of a derelict spacecraft horror while casually fumbling character dynamics through its largely ambling plot.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/24/24

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do h

It's a total Schas. Schaaas!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/11/24

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Ron K

The vibe and the soundtracks of this movie are amazing, a real must see

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/02/24

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Bob D

Ignore the critics most of them probably can't dress themselves in the morning let alone understand this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/14/24

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Kyle D

I'm shocked by the low ratings this film has received. Granted, I'm a devout science-fiction fan, but... This was a compelling movie. Great set design and costumes, terrific action with good pacing. There's a mystery broken up by bouts of violence. It's equal parts thriller, sci-fi horror, and--as stated--mystery. Not to mention the added bonus of adult language and scenarios courtesy of the R rating. What do these people want? Is it the finest? Nope. But, I'd re-watch "Pandorum" before I would Alien Resurrection, and I'm a diehard Alien franchise fan over and before my devotion to the genre. Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster, with an odd showing up of Cam Gigandet. All yes. Watch it. If you're disappointed, turn it off. But definitely ignore the pedantic reviews of the jaded lot of purported "critics".

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/11/24

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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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