Really rather strange and disjointed French sci fi film, apparently based on a graphic novel which I’ve never read but maybe it would make the movie easier to understand:confused:
Basically a woman wakes up on a transport with no memory and tries to figure out who or what she is, while a man who has been in cryosleep for decades is accidentally awakened and possessed by the Egyptian god Horus while on the run from Bastet and Anubis who live in a floating pyramid shaped spaceship.
Now aside from the bizarre plot the movie features some incredible sci fi visuals, that remind of the French sci fi comics that also inspired The Fifth Element. The problem is while some portions of the film are dazzling and feature some dazzling CGI and effects work some portions of the film(including actors!) are done in really poor CGI and effects work that not only looks horrible but is out of place with the rest of the film. This includes some human characters done in really poor CGI, it really is disjointed and way too ugly for 2004. My guess is the production ran out of money or something and cheaply made those portions.
Our library has bought a few obscure sf movies that I intend to watch soon:
Who?, based on the novel by Algis Budrys, about an American scientist captured by Communists and given a metal face. With Elliott Gould and Trevor Howard.
The Mind of Mr. Soames. Terence Stamp plays a man who has been in a coma from birth, and has to be educated to adulthood when he finally awakens. Based on a novel by Charles Eric Maine.
Based on a novel by John Varley. Haven’t seen the movie, I need to put it on my Netflix list. The FAA Oakland ATC center is a significant player in the novel, at least. The real one isn’t in Oakland but is in walking distance from my house.
I thought you were talking about Lifeforce, a 1985 movie about alien vampires written by Dan O’Bannon and directed by Tobe Hooper.
Not a very good movie, despite O’Bannon and Hooper. But it did have Mathilda May as the head vampire and she essentially played the entire movie in the nude.
Recently caught this hard to find movie, it was surprisingly decent for what amounts to a low budget B-movie. I liked it, the plot twist is obvious nowadays though. Special effects are on the level of a Doctor Who episode but it didn’t bug me. In a post apocalyptic world a woman stuck inside a sealed city is sick of living her whole life in Infinisytnh a holodeck basically, she yearns for something real so she gets it, or does she?
