X Returns

I don't even get this to be honest - it's ten minutes of hunh? What the? Jamie Dornan is in a grand total of about 70 seconds of the finished product and it is inexplicably awful. I imagine once Fifty Shades of Grey comes out there will be other embarrassing moments in Jamie's pre-Mr. Grey career that will crop up to remind him where he started. This is one of those. And unfortunately for the audience he is not in his underwear at any point.

You can see he does have some screen presence but it is completely wasted here in a short film that looks like someone used their smartphone to make it. No, it's not even that good. I find it unlikely that anyone got paid for this. It seems like it might have been some kind of inside joke.

OK ... just saw this for the first time. And I am intrigued, curious, and want to see more!!

The concept is good, really good. It won't appeal to everyone, but I'm willing to bet there are enough people who want to know more. It's obvious he contracted the "virus" while he was in space, but how? Why was he being held? The experimentation I could understand, with those in charge wanting to know what changes the virus does to X. But why so long?

This is now going to drive me crazy! I hope there's someone somewhere who sees this and is in a position to follow through with either a full-length feature or at least a Movie of the Week on the Sy-Fy Channel. I'd definitely pay money to see it.

I do love that Jamie did get a little work when he was in LA and trying to become a full working actor. Guess we all must pay our dues to get ahead. At least Jamie found a little work during that time. I think he's forgotten about it. I believe it was probably a tv pilot or an idea for a film that just never materialized. I always wonder what road Jamie's career had taken had something come of the short film. I love getting to see anything from him during those early year and am so happy for him, now that he is on top of the world with such a variety films like Belfast, Barb and Star, Wild Mountain Thyme, A Private War and even his small screen time but such a performance in Haunting in Venice. And the amazing tv with The Fall and The Tourist. And now The Undertow. Bravo, Jamie!!!