Claudio Carvalho
The astronauts Theo (Brandon Routh), Emily (Caity Lotz), Dvorak (Dane Cook) and Bug (Ben Feldman) are locked in an underground facility imitating a spaceship for 400 days simulating the travel to a distant planet. The intent is to study the psychological effect caused by the long isolation period without contact or communication with the outside world. They experience hallucinations and weird noises on the outside and close to the day 400, they see a stranger in their ship. When the man flees, Theo and Bug leave the facility and they find outside world dusty, dark and desolate. They decide to walk to seek somebody and while Dvorak believes it is part of the experiment, Theo, Emily and Bug believe that something bad may happen on Earth. "400 Days" is an intriguing thriller with an absolutely frustrating conclusion. There are flaws in the story (how a weak man like Bug is selected for such experience is probably the worst) but in general the film builds the mystery with an increasing tension. Unfortunately the lack of conclusion is a cold shower in the viewer. My vote is five.Title (Brazil): "Protegido: 400 Dias" ("Protected: 400 Days")
Twisted World
Again, and again, and again, and again... they keep making movies about trillion dollar, extremely important space missions and then "they" assemble a crew that consists of people that can't get along, panic about basically anything and don't know how to follow orders. The crew in "400 days" is no different. No single space agency on this planet would EVER put these people together in a confined space. For the rest of the movie... read the other reviews. I'm just sorry for wasting another 90 minutes of my life on this junk...
philippsiam
This film intrigued me, then it frightened me. Then it confused me. Then it infuriated me. Then I made my peace and came here to share with others the joy of cinema. The wonder and suspense levels of this film are off the charts. What is happening? What will happen next? Is this a memory, a dream, a hallucination, a simulation??? From scene to trippy scene our poor brains are racked trying to figure it out. Maybe that bothers or annoys some viewers, but I live for stimulating films like this. The very ending is troublesome, but I guess that's the final kill shot in this mind destroying psychedelic head trip of a film.
JohnAU1965
Seriously, how anyone can think that this juvenile attempt at cinema has any redeeming features is quite beyond me.The movie is that vague, disjointed and has such a 'really?' ending that some reviewers seem to want to add their own interpretations into the storyline. If this is 'experimental' cinema, it's a failed experiment the like of which we've never seen. Alchemy or the fountain of youth are more believable premises that this utter waste of time.Dan Cook, in particular, cements himself as a B-movie hack, playing the role of a knuckle-headed Neaderthal who somehow got picked for astronaut training. Of all the clichéd characters in the thing, his is the worst and hearkens back to the dreary days of the 70s and 80s. Equally so, I'm guessing the sets were bought at a straight to video 80s film yard sale such is their 'authenticity'.Trust me, believe the 1 or 2 star reviews. The comparisons to 'Moon' are apt. This is just as poorly composed and trite. As for those giving anything beyond 2 stars without some excuse should have to sit through another bout of this cinematic diaohrrea.
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