Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Roy Hart If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Christopher Smith As anyone who has watched enough television would know, pilots are always a mixed bag. Some pilots are great, some are bad, and some are just plain odd. However, very few are as fascinating as Virtuality. Produced by Battlestar Gallatica showrunner Ronald D. Moore and directed by the sometimes great Peter Berg, Virtuality was made in 2009 as a potential series for the Fox Network. For reasons that are unknown, Fox made the decision to not pick the show up for a series but still aired what was done as a pilot movie. It was later released on DVD with no bonus features or any indication of what the future of the series held. Having watched the DVD for the first time tonight, I was amazed at just how well thought out and realized the production was for a pilot. Despite obvious loose ends, this is something that could have been re-worked as either a mini-series or television series. I don't know what the budget was for the pilot, but there was nothing about the pilot that looked cheap. The special effects, set design, and cinematography all looked as good, if not better, than most feature films released by major studios. This is clearly the best thing Peter Berg has ever directed, about on par with Very Bad Things. Although certainly not a dark comedy like Very Bad Things was, Virtuality also focuses on the dark side of human nature and does it well without seeming preachy or overly philosophical. In the beginning, the idea that entire ship is being recorded for a reality television show is pushed a bit too hard. The reality television set up could have been done in a minute instead of five to ten minutes, but the idea that reality television is exploitive and brings out the worst in people is handled with a lot more subtly than one might expect. If I had to guess, the commentary on reality television probably alienated Fox, the network that has aired some of the most notorious reality shows of all time which led to the decision not to produce Virtuality as a series. As it stands, Virtuality remains one of the best pilots of the past decade, a visually impressive and smart science fiction gem that will likely develop a small cult following one day. 8/10

bear42-875-318736 I didn't know this was a pilot. I like to be surprised when I rent a movie to some degree. Well I was surprised I waisted a perfectly good Saturday night on this. I concur with the first two critics. I kept waiting for something, anything to happen. Nothing explained, Oh :o, and like I hope they're not going to turn back, after spending Billions of dollars to get there. I dream better (whole movies) than this.As for the spoiler alert, I guess there has to be something to spoil first. I am not really a soap opera guy, I saw the nice packaging and went for the sci-fi. If I can save just one person, this has been worth it.

fin487 Effects are quite good - they even chose Projet Orion for their drive. Good on them.But I'm pretty sure it's JG Ballards 13 to Centaurus. Hope they paid him for the use.It's a long duration experiment that they aren't aware they are in. The psych is the only one who is cognizant and he's playing games of his own in his own little human ship in a bottle. Mission control knows this but are afraid that if they interrupt the experiment they'll damage the crew.It's not to say that this can't be a good series. (a TEN year mission? yikes. That's like ten years of Weakest Link). There are only so many plots. Let's see what they make of it. Or has Fox, in it's infinite wisdom, already decided to cancel it?

Ion Rau Well, did Fox asked Arthur C. Clark (oh, because is no longer with us, rest in peace!) to make this movie? Because instead of HAL we have a Jean and so on except the story base. And this kind of boring documentary type and journal kind of movie it's not really digestible... The act is interesting, landscape and images are great but, that's it... And who send a bunch of people at those early ages in spaces? With a budget of 200 bill dollars I couldn't send people who swear and fight every time... I thought that a cosmonaut or someone who was sent in this kind of journey is more serious and can deal with own fears and is disciplined and so on... This scenario was write with legs , sort of speak in my country... So, to cut the criticism, the scenario it's very bad, it has a lot of influences from every SF book and movie that guy read and seen and no scientific background. Very bad movie...