Millennium Crisis

If you liked the French SF comics published in the 70s in Heavy Metal (Metal Hurlant), then you'll totally get where this movie is coming from, and you'll love it. You'll get all homages, the wherefores of the characters and the world they live in, and you'll be glad someone made this movie. The big studios would never do it, though I imagine there are still a few writers and directors out there who wish they could.

If you don't have this pedigree, then you will probably not like this film very much, which is a shame, There is already so much in movies nowadays not to like, it's very sad for you that there is one more film you will end up adding to the list. I feel sorry for you!

Me? I enjoyed it from beginning to end, watched it twice so far… fond memories of Moebius, Starcrash, and 4E came rushing back, and all in all, I am grateful for that.

Incredibly weird film. Obviously made for no money at all, with lots of gratuitous nudity, horrendous CGI, dirt cheap looking practical effects and a repeating soundtrack. The cast, dressed in what can only be described as mom's closet and dad's garage, valiantly work their way through a dreamlike and bizarre script, and somehow all of this.. kind of works? I could never recommend this film generally, but on the spectrum of bad filmmaking it's a fascinating watch that winds up more charming and earnest than it has any real right to. It appears to be a fluke given the creator's record otherwise, but I'm glad it exists. An asylum level production with originality and, incredibly, actual vision.

I can only assume this is an independent 'no budget' film produced as some sort of student project. It is appalling and I only lasted 10 minutes with it. How they managed to get any of the actors to do this is beyond me.

The look of this film is like some cut video sequences from PC games of the early nineties. I wouldn't be surprised if this was made in 1999 (before the millennium) and has been released now with some cut and paste background CGI stolen from elsewhere.

Don't believe the average star rating, I suspect it's artificially high from people involved in the project rating it highly.

what a waste of time.

There is only one good thing I can say about this very piece of erm... cinematography. Very good looking Clare Stevenson in a funny red wig. Everything else is pure bull-dung, including Xena's wannabe-warrior friend, Joxer the Mighty. Ops, I mean Ted Raimi.

So, what do we have here? Wooden acting, boring dialogs, as-simple-as-could-be plot, God-slay-me-on-place CGI, short and static shots and occasionally some magnificent FXes like hand-shaking the camera during the 'action' moments. Which are boring, but you probably already guessed it.

Seen "Dracula 3000"? This one is slightly better, not only for not having Coolio in the cast. But still, it's not even 3% cheesy, cult or camp, so don't bother if you are a bad-movie fan. No content, poor plot, not a single juicy dialog. Oh, brief moment of nudity ;) But still, not worth 90 minutes of yer life.

While demonstrating skill in cinematography and art direction, this micro-budget sci-fi indie is appallingly constructed and suffers from lifeless direction and even worse editing. Much like the various fan films for STAR WARS and THE MATRIX, most of the effort has been spent on video game cut-scene CGI (which to be honest isn't the worst you'll ever see)and pretty costumes, but not a finger lifted to devise compelling characters or coherent storyline. I've got a cast iron stomach when it comes to watching terrible movies, but I just had to bail out after the 45m mark. I know people will scream "Hey, you should've given it a chance!" or "Look! It's a zero budget indie built with honest sincere sweat and the finest of intentions", but to that I cry "bull-plop." A film should be judged for what it is not on some sliding scale or crouched in polite language to shield the egos of thin skinned wannabe filmmakers. This film is terrible and the only joy I can take from it's release is that at least it wasn't a Polonia Brother(s) film.