Pandorica

It's shameful but it appears most of the reviews of Pandorica are from people directly involved in the production of the movie. Here's an actual honest review.

This movie looks like it was somebody's college homework, and I hope they got an A. However, the movie is not at all honest about itself. It is not a psychological horror thriller. It's barely entertainment. The pacing is inadequate. Nothing shocking or surprising happens.

The story is predictable and barely present, the acting is not horrible. Love seems to have gone into the filming but not the script. There are silly continuity errors, the facepaint looks a little too Space Oddity, and there is virtually no character progression. Also, I get kind of a racist vibe from the film.

The plot arc makes absolutely no sense.. The main character waits until the end of the film to do something that she could have done for the entire film. It's ridiculous.

Pandorica:The Future Reset is an incredible achievement for a film made with such a low budget and without any 'famous' faces (this will change now), the film succeeds on so many levels. It does not pander to mainstream desires for 'blockbusters' but will appeal to fans of the dystopian genre.

The premise is that a new tribal leader is chosen every generation, the current leader takes three hopefuls into a forest where a trial takes place, and only one can survive, quite why is not made plain.

The actors are all excellent and the dialogue is delivered with conviction, it's hard to single out favourites but Jade Fenix Hobday, Marc Zammit and Luke D'Silva stood out for me. Director, Tom Paton (who also created the whole film), keeps the beat of the action going, rising to the inevitable conclusion.

The filmography also excels, filmed at night in a forest but without ever looking too dark. The images are sharp and clear and reflects how much technology has improved to enable new film makers to reach previously unattainable heights.

Everything that appears in Pandorica is there for a reason, not everything is explained this time but sequels are promised. Even prequels?

Despite the outcome being fairly predictable and the start of the trial reminding me of the Wayne's World 2 quote "If you book them, they will come", this film deserves to succeed to enable the crew to develop this dystopian world further.

I gave this three stars because of some excellent cinematic direction and camera work. Don't get me wrong though, there is also plenty of mediocre cinematography to balance it out. Oh, and there was some effort spent on costuming.

Apart from that, a grand total of zero (or maybe 1, if I was in an extraordinarily generous mood) for acting, script, plot, pacing and direction. Psychological horror? I don't think so. I found nothing of merit in this movie other than the prettiness factor. If I was to sum up my opinion in one word, it would be 'Avoid!'

The movie deserves to be thrown in the air and a bunch of hillbillies shoots it for target practice. Clearly, whoever gave this movie good marks are either intelligent as a goldfish or worked in the cast. However, option C exists; which is the combination of both A and B. But; What angers me the most is the fact that they copied the title from the British TV series Doctor Who; so many fans of the series will be terribly disappointed in this skulduggery.

It's recommended to watch just because of the philosophical plot. acting was awful but what do you expect of low budget 11 day filming?

Erie, (Jade Fenix Hobday) is not an actress but is nice tattooed model. The makeup artists did a nice job on the clothing and makeups.

The voice director was not good but still better than some high budget junk movies.