Dennis Quaid’s performance feels the most unnatural and distracting, something which in a lesser movie would come off as over the top in an entertaining way, but here just clashes with the film’s serious tone. Also, the acting on display in the film can come off as forced, with moments of cliched dialogue certainly not helping. Being a horror movie from 2009, the film falls into the hyperactive, “trying too hard to scare you,” editing style that was popular in the 2000s, as seen in the SAW sequels or Thirteen Ghosts, rather than a more reserved style that would have allowed the tension to rise in frightening moments. While the film certainly doesn’t deserve the harsh response it got from critics, like Nathan Rabin of The AV Club referring to it as being on the level of a "Roger Corman Cheapie," it is not without flaws.
However, whether or not everyone can be trusted is uncertain as each fears the other may be suffering from “pandorum,” a trauma induced state of psychosis experienced by those traveling long distances in space. Payton ( Dennis Quaid) and other survivors, Bower must discover the terrifying reality of their situation, avoid the bloodthirsty beasts that have made the ship their home, and try to save what’s left of humanity. However, when Bower is unexpectedly awoken from hypersleep, he finds the ship he’s supposed to help pilot seemingly abandoned and barely powered. Due to rampant overpopulation and climate change on Earth, the spacecraft is headed to the inhabitable planet of Tanis, where a colony of humans hope to begin anew. In Pandorum we follow Bower, played by Ben Foster ( Hell or High Water), a crew member of the spacecraft Elysium. However, with Pandorum, there is no other spaceship to escape on.
What our heroes discover is that perhaps the darkest forces of all lie in the heart of man. As the crew discovers what tragedy befell the vessel, so too does their paranoia grow and the threat against them intensify. Both films detail members of a flight crew exploring a gothic, seemingly abandoned spacecraft. Anderson helping produce the film, the DNA Pandorum shares with Event Horizon is clear.
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