Emiliomag
This movie is a prequel to the EA's game''Dead Space''I not played the game,because I haven't a PS3 or Xbox 360. The story tell about the events in the USG Ishimura before the USG Kellion arrives.The protagonist is the Head of security in the Ishimura,Alissa Vincent,who smells that something is going wrong when a strange artifact,called the Red Marker,is transported by the Ishimura. Then a pair of creatures appears in the Ishimura,infecting the crew.Vincent and his team(Ramirez,Shen,Hanson,Pendleton and Dobbs)along a Unitologist(a religious sect)engineer called Samuel Irons,while the Ishimura's captain and the doctor Kyne helps Alissa and her team.But the characters haven't any emotions,they are like dolls.The plot and the dialogues are very simple and childish.Dead Space:Downfall only save from the burning because of its abundant gore.SPOILER:When Hanson goes crazy and kills Shen,OMG,that's a stupid moment!,only a excuse to kill 2 characters.
Tom van der Esch
At first, I didn't think an animated movie would be a good medium for a prequel to a survival horror game.Turns out I was very wrong! I loved the Dead Space video game with it's creepy atmosphere, disgusting monsters and violent scenes. At the end of the game, there are still several mysteries unexplained though. And that's where Downfall comes into play.Dead Space Downfall explains almost everything about the events of the game Dead Space. Mainly the whole reason WHY they brought the marker on board and what the purpose of it is. There's also a lot of dialog and a collection of characters of which some return in Dead Space through flashbacks, audio logs or cut-scenes.In overall, this movie connects very well to the first Dead Space game. It's very violent, bloody and scary at times; just like the video game.I highly recommend to watch this if you've played Dead Space. Don't watch it before you played the game though. It would spoil a lot of the nifty plot twists in the game...I give Dead Space Downfall 8 out of 10 stars.
BewaretheBlade
Having completed the Dead Space game by EA recently, when I heard there was a prequel movie I gained a bit of interest. Naturally, my expectations were low, as this is based on a video game, and those movies usually turn out horribly (Resident Evil, Alone in the Dark, Far Cry, House of the Dead, Doom, just to name a few).Renting it from Blockbuster, I came home and popped the disk into my DVD player. What ensued was an hour's worth of blood, gore, some more blood, and not much else; I'll even go on to say that it was even worse than most Sci-Fi Saturday night movies. Character development is virtually non-existent, and you won't really care about what happens to the main characters because they are just, well, there to be killed off in many "creative" fashions.The film begins as an artifact (or "The Marker" as it's called in the movie and game) is found on the surface of a planet by the mining colony, Aegis 7. It is brought onto a spaceship, the USG Ishimura as people start beginning to have hallucinations and develop violent behavior. As main character Alyssa Vincent and her security team investigate, strange and savage mutants that used to be people attack. Apparently, "The Marker" unleashes a sort of alien infection that kills people and mutates dead tissue, turning them into a sort of zombie or mutant. The rest of the movie is basically a gorefest as Vincent and her team try to activate an emergency distress beacon and find some means of escape.Overall, you should skip this movie even if you were a fan of the game. Bad voice acting, poor animation, predictable plot, and lack of character development really soils this stinker. However, if you happened to be a gorehound and like extremely violent and over-the-top movies, you'll love this.
Jesse Kellestine
This isn't by any means an amazing anime film that can hold it's own in a genre that boasts titles like Akira, Princess Monokee and Howl's Flying Kingdom etc...which take us on epic journeys with deeper characters and that indulge in fantasy and sci-fi fun!That being said this isn't bad though and if you are a fan of the game (which I am) you'll enjoy and be disappointed by Dead Space: Downfall. See in the game it's fun, scary and well paced. This is that as well but all to a lesser degree, mostly do to it's "wooden" feel.A moderate companion and counter part to the great video game, Downfall earns a very modest 7 out of 10
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