Aurora

While I understand this was a low budget, independent film, it could have been better. The plot and dialogue served more to get from one end of the film to the other, rather than to engage the viewer into willing these people on. There was a feeling of inevitability rather than tension throughout.

Most serious, in my eyes, was my inability to suspend disbelief. I find it impossible to imagine that five trained and, supposedly, intelligent people would attempt to walk 400 miles in the blazing daytime sun, rather than the cool of night.

Very few films I have ever seen have left me semi-conscious by the end. It really was that much of a struggle to stay awake & watch this drivel.

Usually even a really bad film will have some entertaining feature, like really hammy acting or an insane plot.

This film has nothing to redeem it whatsoever. The acting is awful, the plot completely pointless and the special effects are at least 20 years out of date. By the end I was just wishing that it would be over, but even this is drawn out, at only 87 minutes it's not one of the longest films in the world, yet the makers still found the need to pad it out with pointlessly long, lingering shots that do nothing whatsoever to improve the film.

This story could have easily been told in a 45 minute short film.

If you're considering watching this film then save yourself the time & effort to stay awake.

Essentially a story of survival. Five men on a trek across a desert. But not, necessarily a "desert planet." They crash in or by an ocean. Plenty of water there. They have to get across a desert. Okay. Maybe they will, maybe they won't. But earth is much the same. Breathable atmosphere and desert bordering ocean. Southern California, Northern Africa present the same geography. Not a lot of a-c-t-i-o-n as it is more of a psychological story than an action one.

I gave it a four because I have been spoiled by modern special effects and glitzy production but the scenery during the desert day shots is great.

This film has now been dropped to the level of 'free with very cheap DVD players' and it still isn't worth the money.

I tried to sell the DVD on ebay 7 times but each time all I got was laughed at for owning it in the first place.

This is without doubt the dullest and most badly written film you have ever seen. I would recommend it for only one thing, sitting in and watching with someone that you never want to see again...ever. If at the end of the film you say, "that was great lets watch it again tomorrow" then its guaranteed that even the hardiest of thick skinned none leavers will be off like a shot and bothering someone else.

I purchased this on DVD cheap for a laugh. There was a small amount of special effects at the begining, the rest was desert scenes, with skylines that look suspiciously like they were altered using Bryce. But that isn't the point. The special effects are almost non existant, so they don't get in the way of the film. This could easily be trekking across the Sahara as across the planet Aurora. The interactions are well thought out, the break up of authority well depicted. I give it a good rating, for an indie film it is really good.