Paradox Alice

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)

Paradox Alice (Originally titled The Serpent, The Prophet And The Angel) is a very unusual scifi effort.

It tells the story of a world stricken with a lack of clean drinking water to an extent where wars are breaking out globally because of it. A ship manned by 4 people is on a desperate mission to acquire water from space and are on their way back. On route however (No spoilers here) a very unusual event transpires that changes everything and possibly the entire fate of humanity.

The "Thing" in question is very original and quite well thought through, sadly it makes for some very uncomfortable viewing.

Now recently I was debating a very bizzare point in the movie industry. According to statistics around 80% of Americans identify themselves as Christian, so why is it that almost everytime A Christian is shown in a movie they are a dangerous, unhinged and/or "Wacky"? You'd think that wouldn't be the case.

This movie is a perfect example. We have a devout Christian, a young man who begins obnoxious and escalates to highly dangerous and arguably the movies antagonist. He even quotes Leviticus, part of which is "'Anyone who curses their God will be held responsible; anyone who blasphemes the name of the Lord is to be put to death". Now this frustrates me because people instantly slate the Quran claiming its full statements that tell it's followers to be violent and kill unbelievers while wearing lead blinkers that prevent them from acknowledging that the bible does as well.

I've gone off on a tangent, my apologies. Bottom line is religious antagonists are a double edged blade. They are bad guys you want to see defeated but at the same time are far too relatable as you don't need to go far to find one in the real world.

Paradox Alice has some great ideas but too much is badly flawed. Credit to the cast, credit to the filmmakers but it's one of those films that really gets under your skin more than was intended.

The Good:

Some great ideas

Looks good

Has a certain charm to it

Detestable antagonist

The Bad:

That Christian kid needed dropkicking into space from the outset

Premise has some weirdly uncomfortable moments

Finale was a let down

Things I Learnt From This Movie:

Christian logic "If I'm a good person then God will protect me" also Christian logic "The entire earth has been destroyed and everyone is dead, god has a plan"

I don't understand why stunt boobs are a thing

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

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

The description compared this movie to "Gravity", those two movies are not even in the same Universe! This is a total waste of time. Terrible writing, acting, lighting, editing, story line......I have read most of the other reviews and just can't pile on to the negative comments except to say the American flags on their right sleeve are backwards.

Don't waste your time, go watch the grass grow. One star for the female actors.