Debug (2014)

good back-story, and good acting

Fresh and Exciting

Did you people see the same film I saw?

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Oh dear. Just... oh dear. I like science fiction and I always enjoy seeing a good 'spaceship' type set. Just about the only two big budget 'spaceship set-type' movies of recent years were the Star Trek reboots and Prometheus. Therefore, I always try to give a space movie a chance. I shouldn't have bothered here. If you see this film out on DVD in the shops, you may notice its quite flashy box. Don't be deceived. The cover art is about the most expensive part of this whole film.Basically, it's cheap. That's really all you need to know. During the opening scene, you'll get a sort of establishing shot of the outside of a giant spaceship. Only it looks like it was designed on a ZX Spectrum. I probably should have turned the film off there and saved myself an hour and a half. What follows is six kids (okay, teens – but they acted like kids in my opinion) trying to get rid of an (evil) artificial intelligence from the spaceship's computer. The kids wear cheap orange uniforms and I wonder which genius actually entrusted them to this critical mission? Surely the crew of the Red Dwarf would be more organised than this crowd? The spaceship is nothing new – white clean-looking corridors and... well, that's about it. Nothing new and certainly nothing expensive.You won't give a damn about a single character. They're all equally bland. I guess I should be grateful they're not that annoying. Anyway, in this cheap 2001: A Space Odyssey set, you get a vague Event Horizon plot where the kids have to face their fears (or something – I was kind of tuning out by this stage). But, whereas Event Horizon had a cool Gothic feel for its decent, well-known actors to get lost in, this one is just cheap white corridors for its unknown cast to find – apparently – scary stuff in.Yes, it's fair to say that I didn't like it. Granted I didn't really hate it, it's just there's nothing new here and nothing I have seen, only much better. If you like your 'spaceship movies' (like I do), just watch anything from Star Trek to Event Horizon (or Pandorum – I liked that, but no one else seemed to). Just forget this and ignore the enticing cover art on its DVD box.Okay, it had one positive: the 'HUDs' (heads up displays) were kind of neat and I'd never seen that special effect before. But that alone wasn't worth an hour and a half of my time.

I thought this film had some pretty good computer special effects. Maybe the way it was filmed- often in white sets under bright white light-made a dry atmosphere as a result. Maybe that was the intention of the film maker since it was, after all, a SF film. Not bad ensemble acting but the plot line was only adequate & not what you could call brilliant. It seems that this film won't be playing in any North American cinemas but it will be heading for the Asian market sometime soon. I could see people going to see this on a Saturday afternoon here but it seems that is not what the distributor is wanting to do with this movie. Oh well. I would have done the external shots of space with the space ship differently as in I would have included stars in space instead of having space just a blackness with no stars in it. It was a Canadian production. Take it or leave it.

8 of 10. A dystopia setup for young, attractive, anti-system hackers to attempt to overcome. A virtual reality sci-fi set in space on a spaceship that needs, fittingly, debugging. The debugging, to add a further twist, is being done by hackers convicted as criminals who are serving there sentences as a combination of community service and separation/imprisonment from the rest of civilization.Space science fiction is essentially a virtual experience at this point, so combining it with computers, hacking, and virtual reality makes it more immersive and you have to wonder whether the characters are real or virtual. Throw in some criminals and an out of control bio-AI that's been setup by the military, and you have the horror element.This isn't a Star Trek space fantasy sci-fi, an alien fantasy, or a time travel fable. One of the missing elements is why there are ships in space at all, what purpose if any they're serving society. That's left to the imagination, but the ending has a smooth, unforced sequel setup for filling in more of the future it happens in.

When I saw this I was a little skeptical at first. But after watching it all the way through I can honestly say its damn good movie. Im not very pleased with the ending but yea...its an ending just the same. Didn't want this super bad ass AI to die. But yea. Its a low budget film BUT it doesn't show all that much. If you didn't mind the appearance of say... Jason X for instance... you wont have to worry about the visuals of this film. Its decent though not like ultra fantastic but who cares about that anyway. As long as its watchable and actually worth a damn. This film is.We got this team of people stuck on a ship in space. It turns out that during their search for something there an evil AI traps them on the ship and wants to kill them all. This AI is part computer and HUMAN. It bonded...making it capable of terrible things. Its awesome! And YES...the AI is Momoa. Its so good. Kal Drogo as an evil AI. Its priceless guys. If you're a Momoa fan.. WATCH THIS. you wont be disappointed. I know I wasn't.But Momoa aside...this film is good. the acting is decent. Story is intriguing though sorta simplistic. The visuals are not rough on the eyes. Its not slow moving nor too rushed which is GREAT. It keeps a steady and respectable phase. I feel the cast could have been better. But never mind that...thats just my personal opinion.All in all guys this is a decent and definitely entertaining Sci Fi / Horror movie. It actually reminded me A LOT about Paul W.S Andersons Event Horizon...just a new age version sorta. Love it. The ending is not much to my liking as I mentioned. The main character in the film. The bad ass chick becomes the new AI on the ship and Momoa dies out. Good lives...evil dies... life goes on....meh. Not very satisfying but just the same guys... its an ending. Could have been better but whatever. I liked the rest of the film very much. A solid 6 out of 10. Not more than that. That would be overestimating it. 6 = good and entertaining. Exactly what this is. If you like to sit down... put your feet up...and watch a respectable and calm sci fi horror with some fun features like Jason Momoa as an evil AI. Kicking ass. Then THIS film will definitely not disappoint.Khal Drogo as an evil AI... genius Hewlett. Seriously...