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Dead space downfall.9/22/2023 Jaw-bones are torn asunder heroes are sliced vertically in half heads are blown away and a ravenous pack of grotesque, Thing-like creatures slithers and climbs across the ship. ![]() Which is not, however, to say that there aren't scares – there are a few, indeed – and the gore is both very well staged and visually executed. Rather than succeeding as a tense, effective, futuristic horror movie, Downfall instead becomes a creature-feature action film, high on gore and gunfights, but bogged down by unnecessary details. And finally, cue the necromorphs…or, a nice way to say, "Vicious space monsters." All of this, strangely, happens within the first ten minutes, the consequence of which is that the simplicity of the set-up goes completely out the window. Cue the captain who feels that it's a good idea to bring the artifact onboard the Ishimura. Cue the eccentric scientist intent on uncovering its secret. ![]() Cue the religious "Unitarian" sect demanding to worship at the base of the artifact. Cue the violent effects of such an artifact upon the mining colony – a rise in the murder rate insane miners jabbering crazily against their restraints. Cue the towering, mysterious artifact discovered on an alien planet.
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