Dominion

Dominion

So I have watched this and I'm not some shill. The film is really panned by the reviewers. I didn't see the reviews until after I watched it. It is not the best sci-fi film I've watched but it doesn't deserve the bandwagon panning it's received. I'm not going to arrogantly ask a reader to ignore the bad reviews as it's up to the individual. I found the film to be quite a reasonable effort. The CGI is a bit dated, the acting is not amazing, the story in parts is a bit derivative and in other parts quite original, but I've seen people give better ratings for much worse. I gave the film a "British" average 5. I was tempted to give it a higher rating to offset the bad ones, but ..

The only real negative for me is the completely inane title.. Whoever approved that should be fired.. Makes it sound like a cartoon, but it's way misleading.. 🙄 No doubt the low scores are coming from those expecting the typical Hollywood big explosion extravaganzas and special effects psychedelia so often tossed out for the mindless public.. This is a low budget, simple film that actually has something to say for those who can still think for themselves.. An utter surprise to see something like this actually be allowed in these ever restricting times.. The writer, director and producers should be proud of putting out something a little different from the norm.. There are little seeds strewn throughout that brought a smile and made this one worth remembering.. It's sad that so many will skip this because of the low scores, but it isn't a surprise as anything that questions establishment authority and hints at alternative awareness is so often stifled.. Read between the lines, forget the ignorant reviews.. This is way better than one would expect from a low budget, no name cast and crew.. It reminds me of Starman without the named stars.. If you can't find something to like here you aren't trying very hard.. haha I fully recommend this and hope those who need to see it will.. A really pleasant surprise..! Well done..! 🙏

Boring boring boring. Didnot like way the boring guy said no to defending themselves allowing nice native american to die " i couldnt do anything" he said. Pugwash you should have let him fight, out run their cars... so stupid... then boring again. One bit of very bad taste gore. Did i say this was boring?

Granted, I was lured in by this 2015 movie's cover/poster, as it seemed like something that could possibly be watchable. Sure, I am not usually one overly keen on sci-fi movies, but do dabble with the genre once in awhile. And movies like "Dominion" are definitely not helping to boost my admiration or love for the sci-fi genre. This movie was boring and horribly pointless. And what writers Erick Hansen and Richard Lowry were thinking when they concocted "Dominion" is just simply beyond me. The storyline told in "Dominion", as directed by Richard Lowry, was just pointless. There was simply nothing interesting to be enjoyed here as the movie trotted on in a very, very monotonous pace. And with so little happening in the storyline it was a struggle to keep focus on the movie and stay awake. It didn't really help much that the acting in the movie wasn't really convincing. It felt sluggish and amateurish, most of the times it seemed like the actors and actresses themselves didn't buy into the storyline and script that they had to bring to the screen. Nor were the mundane dialogue much of any help either. For a sci-fi movie, "Dominion" was a swing and a miss. The special effects in the movie were something from a 1990s computer game, and it was most certainly not up to what you'd expect from a 2015 movie. And a sci-fi movie needs to have proper and convincing special effects, which was something "Dominion" lacked. "Dominion" came without as much as a noise for me, hence I didn't even know of its existence before now late in 2020. And the movie will just as quietly fade into oblivion for me. This movie is not really worth your time, money or effort. My rating of "Dominion" lands on a generous two out of ten stars.

Do not believe what you see on the DVD cover which seems to indicate that the viewer is in for a feast of special effects and alien action. What you actually get is a rather pedestrian conspiracy thriller in which a UFO watcher, together with a very human-looking alien try to warn the world that the world will end in five days when some draconian aliens, who just happen to be called Draconians (how original is that?) will launch their invasion. The plot seems to involve NASA, or maybe the NSA who are also in on the plot to destroy Earth, and therefore themselves, trying to stop our intrepid duo. In the meantime, the alien's human girlfriend has had a forced abortion and a file containing the facts has taken about four hours to upload to the internet. It seems that the Americans are still on dial-up. Anyway, by the end of the film we have seen none of the draconian Draconions and a voice-over tells us that the human survivors have been taken to a new planet - we do not get to see that either. Now that I have written this review, I can forget all about it - which you should do too.

This movie is at best a college project in quality and script.

This has an undeservedly low score. I think most people went into it with the wrong expectations. If you think this'll be comparable to the best Hollywood sci-fi then yes I do understand the 1's, but it was never meant to be that. Most people who gives 1's complain it's too slow, well I appreciated the slow pace from a storytelling perspective. Not everything has to be fast paced and explosions. The acting wasn't great, but mostly ok. The effects were sometimes quite ...well... laughable. The choices the characters made was smarter than most A-type sci-fi horrors, but there were some stupid choices as well. Maybe a bit too much information in a short time. It could have been better as a mini-series of sort as 2 full length films. ENTERING SPOILER TERRITORY Some people complain about the start didn't make sense when the full film was viewed, At first I agreed, but when I wnt back back and watched the beginning again, it totally made sense, though it was massively misleading. EXITING SPOILER TERRITORY. If you enjoy slow pace and a narrative over action you should watch it. However you should not go into it expecting something great, but as something than can be appreciated if you're the right kind of person for it. Film students for example I think can enjoy this. They won' be blown away, but htey can appreciate the effort.

I don't know why the other reviews are so negative, I liked it. Yes I'm a Sci Fi fan but that doesn't automatically mean I'm going to like any Sci Fi movie. Great watch!

I am a sci-fi genre addict and can excuse many failings in a film, but this was one of the slowest, least-engaging films I have ever attempted to watch. I've flagged this up for spoilers, but to be honest so little happens in this film there is almost no plot that can be spoiled! The opening minutes give the impression that you might be in for an interesting science fiction adventure, but then almost nothing happens for the next 40 minutes apart from people talking about exciting events that have taken place off-camera (with infrequent cut scenes of spacecraft possibly doing something interesting away from the narrative and black SUVs driving about). "We're going to set the world on fire with this" exclaims a character - as we watch film of a guy wandering about in the desert - filmed on, seemingly, a broken smart phone, coupled to snap shots and documents gathered through Google. Exciting music kicks in as they - upload it to the internet... We're told that the Moon is an artificial base for an invasion, and that NASA are in on events - but then, without showing us anything of the sort, the film immediately moves onto the more important shots of MiB agents disturbing afternoon wine tasting (with their faces suggesting that they are utterly terrified of confronting an unarmed OAP). After an hour we pay a brief visit to what appears to be the CGI set of Babylon 5. 14 minutes later a voice-over tells us about the (unseen) invasion and later (not shown) space-battle and the end of life on Earth, while we see a few space ships gently flying about on the screen accompanied by Dvorak's New World Symphony - with the film ending by showing us the new human home world (from orbit only). Bluntly, this film takes itself too seriously, yet delivers far less content to think about than even parody films like Iron Sky. There is no reason for the viewer to care about the fate of the main characters, or even fear the arrival of the alien invasion and it was a real effort to watch this film through to its conclusion. As an actor I try to respect other people's work, and I keep almost all DVDs that I buy to watch again periodically, but this one will be going straight into the nearest charity box.