Shockwave: Darkside

I was lured in by the 2014 movie "Shockwave: Darkside" cover/poster. Normally I am not one that is overly keen on sci-fi movies, but this one from writer and director Jay Weisman actually looked interesting from its cover.

One hour into the foray, I just gave up. The movie was driven by nothing more than random shots of the actors and actresses in horrible costumes that were supposed to be environmental suits with heads up displays that looked like something you'd see in a 1990s computer sci-fi first person shooter game. And then there was the fact that "Shockwave: Darkside" had absolutely no storyline. I kid you not.

"Shockwave: Darkside" just made zero sense and it had absolutely no entertainment value, given the fact that there was simply no storyline or plot. I didn't know what I was watching, aside from people in terrible costumes pretending to be at war with someone, and then dubious CGI effects every now and then.

The acting in the movie was as to be expected from a movie that has zero story. And I was really surprised to see Sonequa Martin-Green in a movie as bad as this one. And not even she could manage to do any damage repair of this stinker of a movie.

Sci-fi movies usually need proper CGI and special effects to come off as being convincing and properly entertaining. Let's just face it, "Shockwave: Darkside" didn't have that. At best, the CGI effects looked like leftover footage from a 1990s computer game.

If you enjoy sci-fi movies, do yourself a favor, and steer way clear of "Shockwave: Darkside". It is simply not worth the time, money or effort. I don't know how I managed to endure 1 hour of the movie, but truth be told, I dozed off a couple of times along the way, and waking up and still be able to keep track with the movie - given the fact that there was no story progression.

My rating of "Shockwave: Darkside" is a one out of ten stars. This is without a doubt one of the most pointless and boring movies that I have ever stumbled upon. And I have as much interest in returning to finish watching the rest of the movie as "Shockwave: Darkside" had a proper storyline.

Watched this "movie" at FrightFest 2014 (a "world premiere" and I hope the last ever showing), it was by far the worst movie shown and an embarrassment for anyone involved. Never have I seen a cinema auditorium empty so quickly. Dubbed as a 3D movie, it was the worst use of 3D I have ever seen, with at least 50% of the shots viewable with no 3D at all; I ended up watching most of the movie without 3D glasses.

The CG looked unfinished, a very confusing use of HUD (used throughout the movie) made some moments unwatchable and the script was just plain awful.

There really was no need to make this into a movie, an audiobook would have been easier to digest.

The boxy spacesuits looked like they were made from cereal boxes, you could clearly see tape around the edges! My creativity in writing has waned so I'll bring this to an end, this movie is truly awful, some people should never make movies.

And I'm not talking about "how bad the movie is" or me watching this was awful or worst ... ever scenarios. I've seen worse movie, that's not it. But I have never seen anything and talked to people after that, where no one ... let me write that get again -> NO ONE(!), not one single person, had anything good to say about the movie. This happened at Frightfest and if this movie won something, it was worst movie playing in 2014 at the Festival.

Having said all that, I normally have a weak spot for movies that put a band of people together, preferably with different skills, diversity in general. One of the few things this almost succeeds in. One of the other being the science factor, where a friend of mine said, they got a couple of things right. But all is rendered useless, by an uninspired script, acting "wooden" (which is also attributed to the really bad costumes), bad effects that could be able to make you puke and a general disorientation at times. Which is even worse when it happens during action sequences. It's a shame, but this 3D experiment went completely off the rails .... not in a good way

This was a catastrophic new low in my film watching and cinema going life, easily the worst film I've ever seen and the first time I've walked out of a film at the cinema. For god sake, I even sat through Transformers 2!!

An incomprehensible mess of a film with poor sound, pointless ill conceived 3D and a complete lack of plot, structure, anything. CGI reminiscent of my 80's Atari console which only helped confuse the viewer as to what was happening.

The actors were stuck inside cardboard space helmets the entire films which meant any attempts they made to act were sadly thwarted by a script which was pure amateur hour

I'd give it 0/10 if IMDb let me

I sincerely feel sorry for folks trying to add to the Sci fi gendre. Obviously it's ignorance of the science field that leads directors spending on props and scripts that make a scientist like me cringe. I genuinely feel sorry for the actors who has to endure this laughable joke of a Sci fi movie.

Please contact tech guys with degrees in science before you make yourself a laughing stock in front of the whole world. Clearly you had no clue when making this movie. Frankly it's disrespectful to the Sci fi gendre. Please don't attempt it again. It will make you look the even a bigger fool. Sci-fi is not for you.