Sol Invictus

This is a movie about a group of several teenage boys who get instantly transported to an alien planet to play some sort of Survival Game. But something goes wrong and most of the boys don't make it to the planet, so toe handful that did get through, though from different teams, are forced to work together to survive and figure out a way to get back to earth.

The acting is terrible, the plot is all over the place, and the dialog is annoying to the ears. This is supposed to be a film about teamwork so that the members of the team can survive, but sometimes they kick a kid out of the group because he is humanly flawed, even though in a situation like this, they need every man they have to strengthen their chances of survival.

I think this is a really, really bad rip off of Robert Heinlein's "Tunnel in the Sky". Now there would be a movie I would pay to see.

Another reviewer said 'It is a cheaply made galactic version of "Lord of the Flies." ,' exactly what I thought half-way through. The story line was pathetic: the Hunger Games meets Stargate. As George Carlin said "just think of how stupid the average person is and then realize that half the population is stupider than that." Who gave this more than 1 star? Bad acting bad direction worse script, my eyes and ears bleed. I can't get past the painful delivery.

The bots and other reviewers giving it a 1 as is usual these days. Its not one for the ages but the Lord of the Flies overtones are OK in an alternate planet (aka North Carolina).

I was utterly surprised at how poorly this movie was reviewed by some people.

Bottom line, this movie had me in its grips from almost the beginning.

While perhaps there were a few forced moments in the plot, I really didn't know what was going to happen, and yes, I cared about the characters.

I watched this with my 9-year-old son and we both like it.

For me there was an appropriate amount of mystery, and I even liked the spareness of the setting, the dialog and the plot.

This movie is not about space. It's about PEOPLE.

I wasn't sure what to expect when I watched this movie but I was drawn into the plot from the first minute. The story revolves around teams of young people who are playing an galactic game called Sol. Teams of youths are transported to planets throughout the galaxy without knowing which planet they will land on and the winner is the first person to find our sun (Sol) in the night sky. Something goes wrong from the start and therein lies the story.

I'm not sure why the other reviewer found this movie to be so bad. It's a suspenseful story, with shades of The Lord of the Flies and Robinson Crusoe about it. It's not overflowing with exciting special effects and has a bit of a low budget feel to it, but the interplay of the characters is interesting and overall, I found the movie to be a thought-provoking and satisfying experience.