Oh this really tickled me as a story, and then I saw the trailer and was taken aback. A small team in Aberdeen, Scotland (a place where I lived for many a year) has created a sci-fi film called
The Planet which seems to pack a strong story, cool effects, and is already receiving some strong comments.
The news comes from
PR Web and the story...ach, I've tried writing this out a few times, IMDB have it covered in their plot summary:
A mercenary spaceship ferrying a convict is attacked by a horde of unidentified fighter craft. Forced to abandon their crippled ship the survivors land on "The Planet". Soon they discover that they are not alone, as they battle to survive they begin to fall prey to a malevolent force. A force which turns the souls of their fallen comrades against them. Forming a rescue plan the survivors race to carry it out while they still can. Unknown to the team, the prisoner is also on the planet and his presence there could change the universe as they know it, forever.
Sounds interesting, but you're thinking it'll be very badly created, poor acting, bad effects, etc, etc. Well let me beg to differ with that and introduce you to the
trailer [QT:Dload:14.5Mb]. Then take a look at a clip of some action and some acting, and marvel at that superb accent - oh that takes me back - hosted over at
iFilm [ActiveX:Embed] which I only managed to get going on Firefox, both Opera and IE failed.
What do you think now? You can actually buy the
DVD online now, or better still see it at the Aberdeen Belmont Cinema on the 6th September. The DVD features the 71 minute film and an hour long documentary. The film even stars former WFF Mr Universe,
Mike Mitchell.
So what do you think, have these guys done something above and beyond?
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