ladybug2535
An uneven if entertainingly bad film, hurt considerably by it's obviously low budget as well as outdated CGI (I can't believe this film was done in 2013! Did they run out of money?) that look half-finished and ignore basic physics. Continuity and script problems undermine what could have been an interesting story. The music is notable and the most successful part of the film. Most of the acting is actually fine with a few exceptionally good moments--and some bad ones. "Indeed" the actors are undermined by bad dialog and directing--but they get the blame. Exceptionally awful is the lead "bad guy" (Sean Patrick Flanery!) who plays it way over the top (and what's with the southern drawl?) However, it is likely his character was (unnecessarily) deliberately drawn that way given the blatantly obvious dichotomy between good and evil throughout the movie, and given that he is usually a half-way decent actor. Overall I was more bothered by some of the off the wall "sciency" stuff spouted by the characters that wouldn't make sense in any universe. The scriptwriter obviously didn't bother with the most basic background research--"Indeed", an absolute sin for a serious science fiction film. Does the writer know what a clone IS? Why wouldn't a clone use his real name? And given the attributes of the clone character--why wouldn't EVERYONE have clones? This was a potentially interesting (and humorous) plot point (that might have saved the film!) introduced then ignored. I'd like to point out (since several reviewers have brought up this specific scene) that given who he was, the crew had reason not to react to his misadventure(s) as they might otherwise have done with someone else--this was true to the logic of the story and not bad acting. "Indeed", though there are a LOT of problems with this film, I was entertained--especially with the unexpected payoff at the end.
milligan1966
Sean Patrick Flannery must have been on an hallucinogenic to think that his acting in this movie was anything above 3 out of 1000, number 2 goes to his sidekick breath taker and number one goes to the rest of the cast complete. What's Flannery doing with the gruff talking, and the pulling of mean faces, trying to look scary, my 7 year old could act better, without reading his lines. I cringed, honestly it made me laugh at how pathetic the acting skills of someone who's been around for so long could get. I bet he regrets this one. I thought I was watching some re-runs of spitting image. Breath taker, well, first a shot with ten men she's going to kill, then back to it and there all down,dead. No blood anywhere, apparently she's really tough, that tough they ask her "why do you bother taking a gun, you don't need a gun with your skills" then she has them just laying down pretending badly to be dead. This is honestly the worst acting I have ever seen, especially the baddies. Don't bother. Really, don't bother.
TheLittleSongbird
The idea for the movie did seem decent enough if not exactly original, and I was willing to forgive any shortcomings providing that it looked that effort was made. Unfortunately Scavengers or Space Soldiers didn't seem to show much if any effort. The best thing about it is the music, which was fitting and had a sense of dread but once the movie was over I couldn't remember any of it at all. So if that was it for a redeeming value, that doesn't say very much now, does it? Scavengers/Space Soldiers is made cheaply to the extent that it was a real eyesore to look at, with choppy editing, too darkly-lit and green-screen like sets and special effects that looked like they were made out of the least expensive plastic they could find. The writing sounds incredibly forced and inane, the worst of it even intelligence-insulting, I agree that the villains' cheesy nick-names are indication enough of how bad the writing is here. The story is plodding and predictable with nothing suspenseful, thrilling or fun. If any kind of heart went into making Scavengers/Space Soldiers I for one certainly didn't see it. The direction at best is amateurish, while the acting is just terrible. The actors do have truly bad dialogue and cardboard characters to work from, but I don't see that as much of an excuse to act miserable throughout. Sean Patrick Flanery over-compensates so badly that it was really embarrassing to watch him, if an actor who has shown before that he can be good can be bad as well that is also an indication of the quality of the acting. All in all, utterly wretched in almost every way possible excepting the music, considering even that asset wasn't that great either that is faint praise. I personally don't think it's the worst movie ever made or the worst I've ever seen, but it is one of the worst I've come across in a long time and probably the worst movie of 2013 I've seen so far. 1/10 Bethany Cox
kosmasp
Still not exactly a soap. Not much better than one though. The German title "Space Soldiers" also promises something that sound more like an action movie than it is. But that is not the problem with Scavengers at hand here. The problem is, that while it's cute (and "dark"), it fails to impress on the jokes side. It tries hard to be funny and the actors are probably not as bad as they seem in this movie.Unfortunately the timing is off and S.P. Flanery might try to outdo Steven Seagal with his performance here (alright it's not that bad. But still worse than anything else I've seen him do and I know he can act). Other than that you shouldn't be too fixed on the production values (because there are none), especially the cheap looking ... everything in it. Still they try their best to hide those things with fog/smoke inside a space ship(?). Yep it's that bad. If you still have a heart of Gold and can't be mad at the somewhat likable characters and some funny ideas (Twelve/Thirteen), you might like this more than you should. Until the end after end comes along ... maybe
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