S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of the Zone

So the movie is good for the budget it has and when you play the game it follows and matches up unilaterally and would be better if they had a larger crew and budget for characters and for more visuals but as it stands the movie is great for it's budget. Story could also use more work but ultimately if you understand the games and books you get this movie. I would not recommend watching the movie unless you know about c-conscienceness and the noosphere and what the scientists were after from x1-x11 projects. The film lacks visuals for mutants and zombies and emissions and shows a few anomalies. The monolith troops need some more work and the visual "white dead eyes". The movie follows a group of mercs a stalker and one scientist.

At best, this feels like some sort of college project or assignment. Everything in the film is as flimsy as a soaked sheet of newspaper. The lack of budget is the first and most obvious flaw-it shows in every single frame. The action scenes creak like rusty gears. The dialogue sounds like it was written by an AI without a premium subscription.

I'm not even a fan of the video game of the same name, and still, I can't understand how the copyright holder allowed such an abomination to be made-let alone carry the name STALKER (insert dots where necessary).

Honestly, I wouldn't recommend this film to anyone.

Production quality is top notch for a guerilla studio, however, the authenticity to the source material leaves much to be desired. Especially when it comes to costume design for the main cast, Their gear is not conducive to what mercenaries wore in the games and in the time frame of the series, the general aesthetic seemed more to in line with escape from Tarkov than any of the main stalker games. Only Brain and Crow was remotely close to the designs of their video game counterparts (Ecologist and Loner). Not to mention the lack of mutants, and only ONE appearance from an actual anomaly that appeared in the video game. Disappointing watch for veteran viewers, very pleasing for entrance level/outsider viewing.

This movie gives you nothing if you haven't played S. T. A. L. K. E. R., and if you have played S. T. A. L. K. E. R. And lived with Strelok in its deep, desolate, ruined, poetic, dark, eerie, and dangerous world, then you will find this movie an insult to yourself and to that masterpiece of game making.

This film is shallow and worthless, a waste of even its very small $340,000 budget.

About 55 minutes of this film are wasted, and the film could have said All its own tasteless joke in about 15 minutes.

The only three stars I give this movie are because of the acting.

They are good actors who are stuck in a bad story and trying to save the movie from falling apart.

Chris James Berberidis and Michael Scott Crabb are far beyond a movie like this.

The world of S. T. A. L. K. E. R. And its story, creatures, and strange phenomena have great potential and merit to become a great and beautiful film.

A world that has been destroyed by this film.

I've played everything in the S. T. A. L. K. E. R. Franchise. I'll rate 2 starts for the atmosphere. Not a single eastern made weapon or car in sight. I strongly believe that some fan made movie with soft air weapons, a bit of cosplay and even filmed with a smartphone would most probably get better results with a bit of respect to the franchise. Reading through other reviews I'm amazed how little people know about S. T. A. L. K. E. R. But are ready to shoot good numbers at this mess of a movie. They either new to this or hired bots. Next time put everyone on set play at least an hour of any of the games in the series.