Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'Dark Space'

Written by Scott Edwards

A group of friends are looking to get away from the planet and have a little bit of fun. Wanting to go to Centauri Five for a little time away from home they are able to rent a shuttle and make their dream a reality. When they get away from port, they have a party on the shuttle, but when the ship's computer tells them that they are off course, they need to find a way to get back on track to their final destination.  

Being a boat load full of college students, they all have their own areas of focus, and one student’s specialty is in travel and he tries to fix the malfunctioning navigation system, but he finds that it is much worse than he thought. The shuttle engages its hyper drive and takes the group further off course and lands them in an uncharted system. Not knowing where they are and not having a way to call for help, the group has to land on what appears to be an uninhabited planet to make repairs and hopefully get rescued.  

Upon landing, the group get banged up and need to find a way to get help. Without a distress beacon, they look around in their surroundings to try to find something that can help them. Not seeing a living soul around them, they start to see images out of the sides of their eyes of some sort of creatures, but never get to see one head on. Thinking that they are not alone on the planet, they try to get back to the ship, only to find that there is a bigger threat at hand than some dormant aliens.

This is a good old fashioned fun movie with some great characters. Although it starts off kind of slow, once you get into the air, all bets are off on what will happen next. Watching as each of the friends has to call upon their selected skills is great and shows how valuable each one of them is in their own way. With a strong female lead as well, it is easy to get lost on the uncharted planet with these characters and join in their wonder of what could be coming out of the vast and alien wilderness. Happy Viewing.

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