Dead Space Downfall

This is an empty presentation of derivative stuff which is sad considering the great reviews the video game it’s based on has been getting. Take part Event Horizon, part Alien franchise and throw in whatever modern sci-fi horror cliches you want and you could still probably write a better prequel to the game yourself. The real problem here is the writing which falls back on all of the above as woodenly as well....a lot of video games. Apparently nobody explained the difference between the two mediums to those involved here. I have to ask did the creators of this have any ambitions at all beyond ending up with a bad commercial for their real product- the game itself? Animation aside, it’s reasonably good resembling an amalgam of anime and american styles, one still has to wonder at the crassness that practically bleeds off the screen. I'll give everyone here 1 star out of ten for cool creature design.

The story concerns the crew of a spaceship falling under the noxious influence of a supposedely religious artifact which seemingly has the power to drive men mad and transform them into monstrous minions of mayhem. Lots of blood, badly written vulgar dialogue and barely an ounce of even bad movie enjoyability rounded out my viewing experience.

I'm reviewing this because I'm warning all of you. The DVD....it's not a distress signal.... it's a warning....stay away.....stay away!!!

But if you don't stay away then you get an extra deleted cene, isolated music score and photo gallery and cheat codes. I can only imagine the cheat codes here refer to filmmaking and have nothing to do with the game itself