AE Apocalypse Earth

AE Apocalypse Earth

What have Asylum done this time? They have quite literally produced a movie with the incorrect name. This bizarre sci-fi thing should be named War of the Avatar Trek! and once you have clapped eyes on it, you too will understand why. As you will no doubt be aware, we here at Influx Magazine have battles for which of us gets to garland himself with the glory of having watched the Asylum movies when they are released, and it was me, again.

And even though I got mature cataracts in the time that it took for the end credits to roll, I will still try to get my weak shaking hands to type up a review of this movie which is more like a nuclear bomb for your eyes. Do not worry good readers, for I know what you are desperate to ask and the answer is appreciable “no”. There is nothing remotely original in their latest movie or the film for that matter but this one is quite a bit better than their other pieces.

It must have been a bright day for Director Thunder Levin when Asylum chose his script to be used for their latest project, and for good reason! I believe we all know about the works of Thunder Levin, among them Mutant Vampire Zombies from the Hood. How can you say “No”? What if I mention Sharknado? In my opinion, Levin is one of the righteous directors who has more or less handled Asylum’s flicks reasonably well and did a pretty decent job.

The shots were in focus, the audio was clear, and I saw some special effects that appeared to be okay. His script, however, was something else altogether. The premise of the movie could be seen as adequate, but the characters that helped develop the movie’s story were slightly shallow, and Lieutenant Commander Data from Star Trek TNG was an unmistakable character who no one could mistake for anyone but Data, only this time he is called TIM (Gray Hawks).

This low budget movie begins with people on a spaceship having to leave earth due to war. They have decided to go with the remnants of the crew into a new land and expand. But Lt. Frank Baum (Adrian Paul) is determined to make his way back to Earth. Captain of the ship, Sam Crowe (Richard Grieco) meets him and claims that he does not have a choice, as he is needed on a new world and will serve a purpose. All the passengers are placed on cryo sleep and when they are expected to reach the new land, they begin to encounter problems.

To their surprise, they wake up to the ship burning in flames while entering the atmosphere of the planet. Strangely, most of them manage to escape unscathed (I’m not kidding), only to come across some ghost-like beings who attack them, and white painted people just like they were in the beginning of Star Trek: Into Darkness. Just like that.

I won’t waste time any more, but let it be said, the film is not very good, but it is better than most things released by Asylum, and while it is predominantly a disgraceful copy cat, Levin done extremely good considering there is only a budget of 1 million dollars. I’ve seen a heck of a lot worse that were more expensive, so it might appeal to more people than usual. But unfortunately, not me.

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