![]() I mean, we get why the character has done what he's done, but the movie never challenges that. A shame, because had it gone this distance and really took a look at the actions of it's main character's actions, the questions it raises could have made this into something worthwhile. The whole thing is basically a really creepy, pseudo-Stockholm syndrome romance. Perhaps the movie's biggest flaw is that it actually tries to come off as genuinely romantic. Instead we get it laid out in front of us early on and are left the rest of the time just waiting for the inevitable, and ultimately predictable. ![]() It would be a cheap one, but at least then the film would have had something to catch us off guard with. It would have been better suited for perhaps an end of the movie twist. The reveal as to why both of these people to be awake at the same time is given too soon. The main problem with the movie is that it plays it's hand too early. ![]() Instead, it delivers a fairly standard potential disaster scenario and an undeserved happy ending. In a sense it asks some really tough questions, but ultimately cops out on answers and never actually dives into exploring them. It tackles the ideas of loneliness and what people are capable of doing while isolated with no other options. In a sense it asks some really tough questions, but ultimately cops A flawed, overhyped sci-fi movie that manages to still be entertaining due to the strength of it's core concept. A flawed, overhyped sci-fi movie that manages to still be entertaining due to the strength of it's core concept.
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