Atomica (2017)
In the near future, when communications go offline at a remote nuclear power plant isolated in the desert, a young safety inspector, Abby Dixon, is forced to fly out to bring them back online. Once inside the facility, mysterious clues and strange behaviors cause Abby to have doubts about the sanity, and perhaps identities, of the two employees onsite.
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This movie felt somewhat like a cross between a couple of movies I've seen, one being Moon (2009) and the other I can't remember. In all aspects - acting, scenery, story - I felt that Moon was a better movie. It does not make this a bad movie, but I never got the same feeling watching this one. Perhaps if I saw this one first, I'd rate it a 6 or 6.5. But I gave Moon an 8.
When I saw Atomica was on SyFy I didn't expect much honestly because let's be honest it's not the best criteria to have a good movie. But after watching it I have to admit that for a low budget movie it wasn't that bad. Don't expect a lot of special effects and so because there are barely none. And that's what you normally get with Sci-Fi movies. The story is okay without being great. The acting was okay as well. There are only three actors in it but the story is mainly between two actors. So all those ingredients makes you wonder how this movie could be good. To me it was the intrigue and a bit of suspense. You feel and know there is something odd going on. It's just waiting for it to happen. And even though I figured it all out before it happened I wasn't bored watching it. But it's not the greatest movie ever, that's for sure.It's just fine to watch once and then forget about it.
People have tried to replicate the success of Moon with various other titles, like Air and Passengers, but they always seem to miss the point that a film with just a few characters needs something more, not less, than a movie with a lot of people in it.Unfortunately, that is the case of Atomica/Deep Burial. There are three characters in total, with one of them secondary to the story. And before the big reveal, 20 minutes before the end, nothing much happens than two people talking to each other in a climate of rising suspicion.The acting is good, the psychological aspect of the thriller is pretty good, but the story is completely empty, as is the message in the end. And the funny thing is that the science fiction part of the movie is completely superfluous. They could have easily done the same scenario in the real world, with more of an impact.As such, with a future world that feels remote and with characters that have no backstory or much character development, the film is just slow and hard to endure, with no real payback in the end, since no one cared what happens in the first place.
This film missed the mark as it was unconvincing. The acting and the writing/plot where really bad, however, the cinematography and directing was on point. The other fail in this was wardrobe... how is basically a motorcycle helmet part of a modern era space suit? Too bad the negative elements where so apparent, this film had potential. Sadly, it's only a 4/10 from me.