From beginning to end, this movie grabs you by the throat and won't let go. Every time a question is answered, more come up, as the crew gradually regain memories, and the few survivors exchange what little they know.
The closest parallel I can think of is not a movie, but the classic Robert A. Heinlein story "Orphans of the Sky", written in 1941. In Heinlein's book, a group of people is sent to the stars in a "generation ship", one designed to let folk live and multiply for the several generations the journey is expected to last. Unfortunately, something goes wrong, and the current passengers have lost most of the technological knowledge needed to run the ship, which is so sophisticated that it still continues to run itself. And some of the current passengers have become mutants, deadly to "real" humans.
This vessel is a bit different, having 60,000 folk in "hypersleep", and a rotating crew of 3 to run things. But something goes wrong, and a ravenous enemy roams the corridors of today's ship, possibly mutated passengers, and the few humans who are alive have memories badly impaired by too-long a sleep. There are, of course, the obligatory buxom damsel in distress, the insane crew members, and many elements of a traditional locked-in sci-fi horror movie. However, in this movie, it is very well executed, and, as said, grips the moviegoer from beginning to end.
This is a movie I will definitely watch again, if only for Antje Traue's performance as the buxom, ass-kicking damsel in distress. Wow.
The closest parallel I can think of is not a movie, but the classic Robert A. Heinlein story "Orphans of the Sky", written in 1941. In Heinlein's book, a group of people is sent to the stars in a "generation ship", one designed to let folk live and multiply for the several generations the journey is expected to last. Unfortunately, something goes wrong, and the current passengers have lost most of the technological knowledge needed to run the ship, which is so sophisticated that it still continues to run itself. And some of the current passengers have become mutants, deadly to "real" humans.
This vessel is a bit different, having 60,000 folk in "hypersleep", and a rotating crew of 3 to run things. But something goes wrong, and a ravenous enemy roams the corridors of today's ship, possibly mutated passengers, and the few humans who are alive have memories badly impaired by too-long a sleep. There are, of course, the obligatory buxom damsel in distress, the insane crew members, and many elements of a traditional locked-in sci-fi horror movie. However, in this movie, it is very well executed, and, as said, grips the moviegoer from beginning to end.
This is a movie I will definitely watch again, if only for Antje Traue's performance as the buxom, ass-kicking damsel in distress. Wow.