Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'Survivor'

Written by Scott Edwards

As we continue to explore space for other habitable planets, we are not only looking for proof of life in the universe, but somewhere we can flee to when our planet’s life cycle comes to an end. While we look to Mars as the nearest alternative, it would take many resources that may not be available to make it a livable planet once again. Not knowing when we will be forced to leave the planet to greener pastures, it would make more sense to try and find a place that has more necessities on hand rather than trying to make them out of nothing. Who knows what we will be able to find in the cosmos, but whatever it is, I hope it has clean water.
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As the Earth has fallen out of is regular orbit and continues to rotate closer to the sun, a course correction was attempted, but only made matters worse. Sending seven ships full of survivors into space to try and find another planet that can support human life, Captain Hunter and his new crew of youngsters have been on this mission for thirty-seven years and have not had any luck as of yet, but things might be looking up as his favorite kid on board has located a signal coming from the inside of a wormhole. 

Getting an away team together to head in and investigate the signal, the ship comes under heavy fire from an asteroid belt and breaks apart during entry into the atmosphere of a nearby planet. Being flung from the ship before it crashes, young Kate Mitra finds herself alone on an alien planet that seems to be hospitable for human life, but there is something sinister about this planet as she will soon find out. Being able to locate her friends and having one die in her arms, the group has little time to think about what to do next as they are attacked by the locals, along with a new breed of ‘demons’ that they have never seen before. Waking up in the demon’s lair, Kate is able to call upon her strength to escape. Not being able to get a hold of any of her friends, she is shocked when Captain Hunter is able to make contact and her journey is about to begin.

Seeing that the Captain’s vitals are failing, she starts the long trek across an unforgiving terrain to try and save him. But she is not alone on this journey as the locals are trying to find a way to eliminate her from the face of the planet. Being able to fight them off and gather their weapons, Kate is also able to locate a means of transport across the landscape that will cut her time in half. Locating the captain and taking her next orders to launch the homing beacon, Captain Hunter is starting to understand where they really are. Before the captain is able to pass on his knowledge however, he is taken by the demons of the planet and Kate is forced to trust a local who does not want to seem to kill her, but assist her on her quest since his daughter was taken by the same demons.

This is an action-packed movie full of parkour, mountain climbing and sleeveless hoodies, and those are really the only things I took away from it. I mean, I made it through the entire movie, but did not really come up with anything other than Kate is a superhero and I guess that is all right. With the rigorous training she had gone through since she was born on the space ship, she was able to swim, wield hatchets, ascend ninety-degree cliffs, ride a horse, use a bow to kill and wear a sleeveless hoodie like nobody’s business. With plenty of plot holes, some great technology, lots of action, demon people and a twist when it comes to what planet they are really on, it is entertaining, but I could see a bunch of people yelling at the screen during the movie, because it really does not make any sense.  

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