Paradox Alice

Granted, I am not overly keen on sci-fi movies, if it isn't "Star Wars". But still, I was given the chance to sit down and watch the 2012 movie "Paradox Alice", and since I had the time available, I decided to sit down and watch it.

Sure, I had not even heard of the movie, nor did I know who starred in it, much less knew what the movie was about. I knew it was a sci-fi movie, and that was about it.

Let me just say that "Paradox Alice" was not a movie that tickled me in any right places. I managed to endure 41 minutes of the movie before I called it quits and will never return to finish the movie. Actually, I was ready to quit about 30 minutes into it, but decided to give the movie a second chance, as it might just actually pick up and become interesting.

But it just didn't do so.

The storyline is mundane, bordering on being downright boring actually, and not enough happened in the 41 minutes I endured to make it the least bit interesting. And it didn't help the movie that the characters were flaccid, two dimensional, cardboard cutouts that simply blended into one another and you just didn't really invest anything into them.

As for the acting, then I will say that the actors and actresses were actually doing fair enough jobs with their given roles and characters, but it was a shame that they were held back by a lousy and mundane script.

For a sci-fi movie, then "Paradox Alice" was not an impressive gem. This movie came and went without leaving a mark on the sci-fi genre. And my rating of "Paradox Alice" is a three out of ten stars, solely based on the production level and the effort that they people put into making it.

How does a movie like this get made?!??

Cringe worthy storyline and limp acting.

The men are stupid, the morph woman was weak and the story line shouldn't have been seriously approved. .. EVER!

This is what happens when religious zealots try to make movies about space and science. It's really, really bad...

Nearly every aspect of this movie is just plain lousy. The acting performances were some of the worse I've seen. The score, although produced using a full orchestra, simply overpowered the drama -- it went way over the top, especially in the beginning of the film. It was too literal and too much. And the dialogue sounded artificial as if it was not meant to be read out loud.

There were all kinds of plot holes and inconsistencies. Although the story had a somewhat original core plot involving an incredible character "development", it failed to follow through with the story. And the ending was completely indecipherable and incongruent. It had no connection whatsoever with the rest of the film -- it looked as if it was composed of scenes from another movie. The worst ending of a film I've ever seen.

The rest of the elements of the film were equally as bad. The cinematography was poorly executed with most scenes under-lit. And the special effects and sets were barely up to mid 20th-century standards, let alone a film released in 2013.

Definitely not worth the time.

Triggers: strobe effects; gender stereotypes; all-white cast; textual content at ~180 wpm; graphic vomiting; graphic impalement; war; graphic body metamorphosis; torture; rape; gory decapitation; denigration of religion (anti-Catholic/anti-Christian)

The special effects are passable, the cast is not bad, but the script with its stereotypical characterizations and dialogue really does nothing to help with what could have been a decent sci-fi movie. Some good action scenes but not enough to save the film. ** 1/2