THE nightmare is as much for the two-dimensional characters as for us because Pandorum is a headache-inducing game of cat and mouse in a labyrinth of dimly lit tunnels that pales next to Alien and its sequel.
The film might be tolerable if the action sequences were well orchestrated
Travis Milloy’s screenplay clumsily attempts to blur reality and fantasy but the truth about the amnesia-plagued protagonists is blindingly obvious from the start.
The year is 2174 and on the spaceship Elysium are thousands of men, women and children. However, carnivorous, alien creatures are aboard the vessel, hunting human prey.
Pandorum is an hour and a half of running and screaming with graphic scenes of dismemberment and the climactic showdown is a mess – two of the characters magically find an escape route from the reactor – culminating in an upbeat closing shot that could sow the seeds for at least one dreadful straight-to-DVD sequel.
