Sol Invictus

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 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!

I registered with IMDb just so that I could write this review. I was that motivated by the awfulness of this movie. I defy you to name a worse movie. If this movie was any worse, it would actually be better, by virtue of being remarkably something. Normally, I would simply stop watching a bad movie, but I was morbidly curious as to whether the ending could be as terrible as the beginning, so I fast forwarded there. Indeed, they managed to cook up an ending as bad as the beginning. This movie has it all- bad acting, bad costumes, bad effects, an incoherent plot. At the same time, it has none of he awful charm of an Ed Wood flick.

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.

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.