Decided to give this little gem a re-watch following the release of the Dead Space remake, and it largely holds up as a 'turn your brain off' splatter-mation. However, those who aren't invested in the lore/universe of the Dead Space series won't get much out of this, I feel.
Characters aren't particularly complex, but service the narrative well and are given just enough personality to route for them to avoid an inevitable slaughter, as is generally the case for characters in Dead Space not named Isaac Clarke. Vocal performances are top-notch, with some big talent bought in, too!
Action is decent and well directed. It is genuinely tense seeing our main characters unload oceanic amount of bullets into the Necromorphs and for them to have a minimal effect - some brutal kills are to be expected!
Overall, for a video game movie, pretty good. However, I will note that a better Dead Space prequel story was told in the limited comic series, which I would highly recommend.
Characters aren't particularly complex, but service the narrative well and are given just enough personality to route for them to avoid an inevitable slaughter, as is generally the case for characters in Dead Space not named Isaac Clarke. Vocal performances are top-notch, with some big talent bought in, too!
Action is decent and well directed. It is genuinely tense seeing our main characters unload oceanic amount of bullets into the Necromorphs and for them to have a minimal effect - some brutal kills are to be expected!
Overall, for a video game movie, pretty good. However, I will note that a better Dead Space prequel story was told in the limited comic series, which I would highly recommend.