Prometheus Trap

I try to watch low budget movies to support artists and filmmakers but this is utter rubbish. The actors are ok but the sets look like they didnt even try. Most of all i am really annoyed by the directors panning and closeups of the actors when it clearly doesnt call for it. Also, why did he need to shoot into the light so much? Everything is washed out. Hope i never come across this teams work again.

Lack of imagination, plus a budget unequal to the task, nets a film called Prometheus Trap. If you like time warp movies (Ground Hog Day) this might be your cup of poison tea. With ideas ripped from Alien, but ZERO clue how to make use of them, this mish-mash plods along like a one-legged centapeed.( Spellcheck, not worth getting into.) Coming out of cryo-sleep standing up in a plastic bag with a hose stuffed n your mouth is a terrible way to start the day, or a movie. Things actually devolve from there, and our astronauts change into their space gear in what looks like a junior high locker room. Fights feature actual crowbars, which are usually not standard issue on spaceships! Props appear to include a fish-finder, random padded-cell wall coverings, helmets (that get a special after film credit) that have a rusty 50's diver bell vibe, and costumes are worse, with tiny elbow and knee coverings, black long underwear, and headsets from the 1980's call centers. You will wish for the end to come many times before a lame zinger FINALLY brings this mammothly awful film to a tattered close. WHY does the ghost spceship feature big numbers painted on the side like an intergalactic one-armed bandit?

One of the other reviewers has already commented on the herky jerky camera work and the "into the light source" shooting. Those issues aside, this is not badly written (or acted). In fact, the screenplay is probably a bit above the reach of most of the cast - with one exception. Michael Shattner (as android Finn) is a sly anti-hero who gradually manages to anchor our sympathy as his own motivations begin to focus.

Also not bad is the actress in the counterpart role as Artemis - although her part is slightly less realized, the scenes with her and Finn are compelling and ultimately provide the true motor for the film.

Okay, not as horrible as you think if you can handle original 1960s sci fi like outer limits, which live on story development rather than eye candy. I "watched" this as background audio and eventually became engaged enough to pay some attention. One watch through left me some questions, so I am not really sure if it deserves a 3 or a 6. So I'm giving it a 5 because you know some of us need to support the mere fact of an unusual and unpredictable story in a mainstream DVD release.

Just watch if you are intrigued by time travel story lines and theories.

Acting across the board felt passable, but the patience of the producers deserves credit. Not an easy undertaking with so much happening with visuals relying on a paper thin budget. I'm sure direction and a few actor choices could have improved the film. Music wasn't terrible. Worst choice in the movie for me is the way the radio communication between various space personnel is over-done, making it indecipherable on my low grade DVD box.

If you just must consume time travel flicks until you burst, you may explode on this one, or on Lunopolis.

Of course, if you expect to see the remake of Alien, if you expect fancy design and computer animation, if you wanted to see the other Prometheus film, you will be disappointed. BUT: This film is great. It is far away from main stream. It deals with the characteristics of "time" very well. It shows how the characters try to escape the logical constrains the time implies on them. This is extremely well done. The setting fits well to a low budget film. Still, it is thrilling to see. The only down side I saw was the movement of the star ships. These were kind of badly animated, inadequately moving in space. If this was not the case, this film can be positioned on the same level as 2001 - Odyssee is space.