Nonureva Really Surprised!

SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

CommentsXp Best movie ever!

one-nine-eighty Oh my lord, I've just wasted an hour and half of my life on this? I thought that if it had Christian Slater starring it might actually be alright, how wrong I was. I can't think of a worse film I have seen Slater in. Predictable story, wooden acting (that's the second time this week I've said this about a film featuring Brendan Fehr - check out my other reviews), embarrassing effects (wait till you see the external moon base shots which make "Blake 7" look totally authentic). Directed and written by Roger Christian with additional writing credits for Christian Piers Betley this 2013 84 minute sci-fi film hurt me to watch. The story sees a lunar base called Ark hit and damaged by a meteor shower, Carbon Monoxide is slowly filling the station leading to paranoia and hallucinations. In addition spores on the meteor are carrying some weird alien virus, the person in charge of testing the spores accidentally cuts her finger and is infected by the spores leading to her getting pregnant and birthing an alien. The alien offspring bites a crewman producing an evil clone of the crewman. From here on in it's a survival sci-fi movie which doesn't bring thrills or spills but more moans and groans from the audience as they are let down turn after turn. As well as what I've mentioned already it was littered with obvious mistakes and plot holes - for example, it's announced that Carbon Monoxide is flooding into the ship but the computer read out says CO2 which is Carbon Dioxide - similarly the computer announces a storm approaching the moon but it doesn't actually have an atmosphere to have a storm on. Even as a fan of bad films this one rates low against my other reviews. Giving this 2 out of 10 seems too generous but I really didn't enjoy the film and wouldn't want my friends to suffer this pile of space cack.

lois-lane33 This looks like it was intended for an audience of grade six kids-who will forgive anything if they get to see a film-any film. Anyone other than a twelve year old probably won't like this movie much since it is basically a dull ride with predictable events happening one after the other. It seems that they are making films like this in batches-three movies in short succession about space bases just like three movies in succession about future civilizations divided into sects aka Divergent-The Giver & The Hunger Games. Stranded is a lot like The Last Days on Mars and Europa Report. Christian Slater has vanished from movies lately so here is a chance to see him do his stuff. His acting is fine but the script isn't very interesting. If you just have to see everything they do in the science fiction style see this-otherwise-like Frank Zappa said-'save your money and don't go to the show'-sometimes it just ain't worth gong to.

jenny-talksalot Well, it wasn't all that bad. There's always "UFO" (or Alien Uprising as it seems to be called too). The acting in "Stranded" was far better than in the other film. I wish I could say I watched these for comedy value but I felt violated by the lack of ... well... everything. Apart from Christian Slater. He's hot. Not a great actor. But I can tolerate him.Now I have to go shower to rid me of the *bluuuurgh* feeling I seem to have adopted whilst staring at the screen for what seemed an eternity (Oh, only 35 minutes in? Thought I'd been here for 3 hours).Having said all that, I think this film is one of those "pop it on in the background" kind of films (which is what I ended up doing) as it isn't exactly gripping; a little deja-vu; Predictable but I was half expecting that (did you see what I did there? *groan*)...

zardoz-13 The Christian Slater sci-fi horror chiller "Stranded" amounts to an uninspired, low-budget, imitation of two classics: Ridley Scott's "Alien" and Howard Hawks' "The Thing from Another World." Despite better than average production values, a sturdy cast, and a twist ending, "Stranded" will leave you feeling stranded. "Battlefield Earth" director Roger Christian fails to generate a modicum of suspense or paranoia in this tedious tale of terror in space. Thrills and chills are conspicuous by their absence here and nothing leaps out at us. Good horror movies require at least five scary scenes as well as scenes where you think something hideous is going to happen. You have no reason to break a sweat or glance away when things become too intense. A freak meteor shower devastates a lunar mining base, and Colonel Gerard Brauchman (Christian Slater) and his crew of three, two guys and one gal, find themselves contending with a murderous alien life-form. No, this homicidal intruder isn't a monster with bug eyes and tentacles. The alien spore enters our heroine and she becomes pregnant in no time at all. Dr. Krauss has warned everybody that under the conditions they are having at the bio-dome, each of them could easily end up hallucinating or behaving in a bizarre manner. Our heroes venture outside and bring back samples of the meteor. They isolate the alien spore on the rock and things are never the same afterward. The resourceful alien replicates one of the crew after it leaves Ava's womb and does many dastardly deeds. Squeamish spectators who hate the sight of blood should prepare themselves for occasional displays of gore. Colin Hubick conjures up some effective visual effects when one of the crew undergoes a transformation into an alien. Christian and co-scenarist Christian Piers Betley dutifully maintain all the clichés, but "Stranded" suffers from an absence of atmosphere. Confined primarily to the command center, laboratories, and sleeping accommodations of the mining base, the setting never seems claustrophobic enough with humans trapped inside of it and battling for their survival. The meteor shower knocks out some functions at the Moon Base Bio-Dome so our heroes are isolated. While she is performing an analysis of a meteor fragment, Ava Cameron (Amy Matysio of "Just Friends") cuts her finger on a shattered test tube. Such is her fear that she has screwed up badly that Ava doesn't inform either Colonel Brauchman or the camp doctor, Dr. Lance Krauss (Brendan Fehr of "Final Destination"), about her injury. Eventually, Ava gets so sick and Dr. Krauss puts her in the medical bay while Brauchman urges him to slap her in quarantine. Brauchman, it turns out, is a stickler for following the rules. About an hour into this opus, Dr. Krauss presents the Colonel with a score card. They know they have an alien prowling their premises and one man is dead. Predictably, our heroes have a difficult time contacting Earth and sending out a distress signal. The miniature work is sub-standard, and "Stranded" doesn't move quickly in spite of its 88-minute running time. Nothing about the dialogue is quotable, and the characters are all one-dimensional. Believe me, you've seen "Stranded" before when it was a better movie such as "Alien" or "The Thing from Another World."