Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'Ferocious Planet'

Written by Scott Edwards

It is always better to test out a new project before making it go live. You never know what bugs will show their evil little heads when you least expect it and they may add to something worse than harm to yourself, you may hurt others as well. You never know until you try, it is a good motto to live by, but there are some things that you should never mess with, especially if you do not have any idea of what the outcome could be.

Doctor Jillian O’Hara and her research assistant Brian are prepping for a visit from Senator Crenshaw to see what they need another two hundred and fifty million dollars for. The two have broken the secret of a fusion reactor, but have found something even more amazing with the side effects. Opening a viewing window into parallel universes, they are able to see different worlds that are adjoined to their own and each one shows something different. Seeing this first hand, Senator Crenshaw does not believe the results, but there is nobody smarter than Jillian in the room and even the president’s scientific advisor Doctor Fast does not know how to respond.

But all is not safe in the office when the reactor starts to spike and an explosion knocks everyone out cold for several minutes. Waking up in a dazed state, Colonel Synn sees a creature eating one of the visitors and chases it through the halls of the facility. Being able to kill the creature and showing it off to the people of power in the room, Crenshaw does not believe his eyes and with several of the other visitors being killed by the explosion, he is looking to exit the complex. When the door is opened however, the group sees that they are not where they expected to be, but a parallel of it. When Crenshaw is devoured by one of the local creatures, the group has to find a way to get the reactor working again so they can get back home.

Doctor Fast has a different plan in mind and being on a different world, she wants to investigate and find out if there are intelligent beings that can be communicated with. Synn is not too high on the idea of searching the planet, especially since there are hostile creatures that can kill humans with the swing of a limb, but with the reactor needing to be fixed, they have some time to kill. As they investigate this new world, their path leads them by a parking meter that seems to have made the trip with them. Thinking little about what else might have been transported to this parallel planet, Doctor Fast sees a building off in the distance and needs to find out who is inside of it. Having to separate from the group, she is on her own while Synn, Jillian and Brian try to fix the reactor before their window to returning to their planet closes and they are lost forever.

I really dig the idea of parallel dimensions sitting on top of each other, it just seems so cool that you could be walking by a dinosaur or under an ocean while out picking up the mail. This movie tries to dumb down the theory so everyday people can understand it as well, which is good for me since I am far from a scientific mind. I liked how the story played out and even some of the characters starting to crack when they find out they might be stuck on the planet for a long time. The creatures were pretty nasty as well, and even though they were all CGI, you get to see some awesome effects of them cutting their prey to pieces. Happy Viewing.

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