3022

I for one am getting sick and tired of movies being produced that you are missing half of what's going on because you can't see. I made it about 3/4 of the way through this but I was so annoyed by the darkness that I gave up.

I will give it a average score for some decent commendable performance by the actors. Some deep space travellers get stranded in space after Earth mysteriously vaporises. Though having a cliched storyline in the the similar vein of movies like Sunshine ( 2007) and Event Horizon (1996), the suspense is decently maintained throughout the duration of the film. Well , do not just go in expecting Ridley" scott's Alien and u will be fine. Despite the flawed first half, the second half picks u some juice . Overall could have been a better movie if there was better set design and production values. The special effects and props so are reminiscent of the 1990s that u will feel a dash of nostalgia . The story could have been better as the element of unpredictability is missing. The film falls flat in its script, plays more like family drama in space. My only gripe is that there is not enough Scifi-ness going on as u would find in movies in this genre.

I knew I wasn't going to enjoy this movie when I realized the expository text at the beginning was very poorly written. I'm pretty sure Humankind didn't construct Jupiter's third moon. If they meant it's near the third moon of Jupiter, are they suggesting Europa is the third moon? That's not right no matter how you classify them. Then we get some pretentious shots of people doing something, followed by a low-res 3D shuttle flying to a space station, apparently to attend a funeral judging by the depressing music. When we finally see the station we are told, again, the station is between Earth and Europa One, but is clearly in Earth orbit. It doesn't appear any research (or God forbid math) was performed since the size and angular velocity of the habitation rings isn't close to being accurate for the Centripetal Acceleration depicted. Also, why are the solar arrays rotating and never angled to maximize exposure? After some shots inside we see the exterior and are shown another card repeating the date, but this time with the Anno Domini incorrectly added after the date instead of before. Next is a boring montage advancing year by year from one to five (told via cards), ending with some mildly interesting images followed by the title (3022). When we return to the story another card again tells us it's "year Five", followed by another card that says 'Year Unknown". Really? Smoking on a space station? Stop getting your technical data from other movies or trying to be Alien! No one smokes in space. Ever. From there the writing continues to make no sense and the editing is choppy. Significant events happen off screen while boring shots of nothing linger as the crew falls apart for no reason. This movie is an incoherent mess that feels as though they went into production with only an outline or rough first draft of the script.

It had a lot of potential but was wasted on stupid plot decisions. The premise was great, the actors were great, the potential was there, and they basically blew it. They tried to recoup it by making it mainly about the man and the woman getting back together after all that time, that really it is about relationships, but it was ultimately a big let down. On the most simplistic level, we did not even get to see them hug or cry together or anything, just the looks of shock, apparently to be artsy. Come on! Instead of making the situation with the additional 3 crew into the usual story of the battle to decide who will die - so predictable - they could have made the rest of the film about the journey to Europa and getting there and finding out that other crew had survived from other places, etc. I think there was a major flaw in the plot and that it must have been changed midway through, since the story starts with the idea of the creation of a habitable world on Europa and then retracts to just Pangea Station and no one ever even sees Europa. It sounds like they felt they couldn't manage the story of going to Europa, somehow, and cut it off - I suppose its cheaper set wise to never leave the station. But they sacrificed the film ultimately then, for the small amount of creativity to have had the characters move past just the two people and their own relationship, which was never fathomable anyway. Finally, I have more faith in humanity that if faced with an inevitable end of the human race, not everyone will melt down into a monster except for 2 people. The stupid predictable ploy of the haunted house space station where everyone has to kill everyone else really tanks films at this point. We've seen that so many times and it's so 2nd grade to just retreat to that. I'd rather they never had the other 3 appear if they have to turn it into that.

Nice movie for those interested in the psychological aspect of human beings deserted in the dark, cold, vacuum of space while vital resources are being depleted. If you have an attention span of more than 20 seconds and are more interested in dialogue and the human condition rather than non-stop shoot-em-up and gratuitous violence, then I recommend this movie with a stellar performance by Epps and the rest of the cast.

Let me just say that the scenario described here is one of sheer terror. You wake up one day and the entire planet Earth is gone. There is no one to get back to, there is no reason to do anything anymore. Not even keep living? The characters in the movie reflect this mind-shattering scenario and its gripping dilemmas in realistic ways. People who complain this was dull, or pessimistic, or depressive, or grim... Yes, it is. Do you expect people to entertain you after all they've ever known got simply snuffed out? After all meaning in their life was taken away? This is a movie about the tenacity of the will to live against the darkness, the nonexistence, the death that permeates the cosmos. It is about starting anew, about throwing everything away and finding new reasons to live. The actors did an awesome job, and the movie itself is brimming with philosophical questions. If you are a brave soul that wants to stare into the void once in a while and test your mettle, and love great acting - then this is a movie for you. I also think it captures, perfectly, the poem by Dylan Thomas: "Do not go gentle into that good night" Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Though wise men at their end know dark is right, Because their words had forked no lightning they Do not go gentle into that good night. Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight, And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way, Do not go gentle into that good night. Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay, Rage, rage against the dying of the light. And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

Really disappointed with this film. Very weak plot and very puerile acting. This is supposed to be 200 years in the future and the spacecraft looks like something from an abandoned camp in the Antarctica. Many errors in the film such as the people constantly smoking and drinking, and I mean, constantly smoking and constantly drinking! Surely this would not be allowed! The technology of the ship was current and the psychological profile of the people manning the craft was bad. They simply would not have been allowed to man it. The choice of actors, especially the main guy was wrong. No acting skills and his animalistic shuffling and hunching about severely added to the overall third-rate quality of the film. I would definitely give this a miss.

I gave this a 2 specifically because of the asinine use of cigarettes on a space station in the year 3022, by a medical doctor no less. Every writer who thinks that cigarette use makes characters more interesting or cooler should be fired. If that's the best they can do they are not creative enough to do their jobs.

This isn't a bad film, but viewers shouldn't go into it expecting action. I thought it was an interesting look at how people might respond to tragedy and being isolated for long periods.

A whole lot of nothing over something. 91 minutes a soap opera drama that should have been a 20 min short film. Acting was decent, especially Epps, and directing ok, but this is amateur writer Ryan Binaco's first screenplay, and it was atrocious. All over the place, convoluted, extended and unnecessary scenes... a 5th grader could've written it better. I get filmmakers have to start somewhere, but at least have a seasoned writer have a look at it and make the many edits it needed. Great story concept, poor screenplay execution. Sadly, it's only a 3/10 from me.