Sol Invictus

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.

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.

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.

I saw this long long ago, I would love a DVD of this movie. Its raw and unexpected, can you imagine yourself on a planet trying to figure out how to get home before you get killed. Not knowing whats next, running out of supplies and time, on a hostel planet unexplored. I wish I could share this movie!

From the beginning, people act like they know what they're doing but we really have no idea what the movie is about.

Eventually, we get the plot, more or less. The idea is this is some kind of competition on a deserted planet. This is a sci-fi movie, and the whole movie is filmed at the beach. I got tricked by the label sci-fi and the idea of a foreign planet, but really this is just a bunch of guys at the beach.

The movie is bad. I think normally that makes me puke would get a 1. It's not at that level, but it still gets the worst score for the following reason: - Not a single interesting character. I can't distinguish their personality and I don't even now any of their names. - Not a single smile for 99% of the movie. The characters try to act serious the whole time, and smile only to make smart ass comments. - This one ought to convince you: THERE'S NO SINGLE GIRL.