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- 2017
- Not Rated
- RLJ Entertainment
- 1 h 39 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- RLJ Entertainment
- 1 h 39 m
Summary In a time of interplanetary colonization, Sy Lombrok (Kellan Lutz), a drifter with a haunted past, forms an unlikely alliance with Kane Sommerville (Daniel MacPherson), a lieutenant who works for off-world military contractor Exor. In a race against time, they set out to rescue Kane’s young daughter Indi (Teagan Croft) amid an impending...
Directed By: Shane Abbess
Written By: Brian Cachia, Shane Abbess
- 2017
- Not Rated
- RLJ Entertainment
- 1 h 39 m
- 2017
- Not Rated
- RLJ Entertainment
- 1 h 39 m
The Osiris Child
55
4.4
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Summary In a time of interplanetary colonization, Sy Lombrok (Kellan Lutz), a drifter with a haunted past, forms an unlikely alliance with Kane Sommerville (Daniel MacPherson), a lieutenant who works for off-world military contractor Exor. In a race against time, they set out to rescue Kane’s young daughter Indi (Teagan Croft) amid an impending...
Directed By: Shane Abbess
Written By: Brian Cachia, Shane Abbess
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
55
40% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
40% Mixed
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20% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
55
40% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
20% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The true strength with this blast of a film is that everything is so unexpected.
I enjoyed The Osiris Child enough that, when it stopped with the complete story half-told, I felt a flash of irritation. For that reason, until more is made (if more is made – a prospect that seems questionable at best), I can’t really recommend The Osiris Child.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
4.4
13% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
60% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
27% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
4.4
13% Positive
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
60% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
27% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Don't be fooled by the low budget, this is a worthy sci-fi thriller with good drama as an extra seasoning and the effects look good. The acting is on par and the story is interesting and believable. You don't even have to enjoy sci-fi since the setting plays out on an earth-like planet without too much sci-fi fuzz to worry about. There are some action scenes and violence but this is mainly a thriller/drama centered story that even chicks should be able to appreciate.
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Given the audacity, gusto and hell-for-leather filmmaking on display, the prospect of subsequent installments does not seem unreasonable.
While the storytelling, by Abbess and co-writer Brian Cachia, might lack novelty and, occasionally, coherence, visually the film consistently impresses with creative art direction and costume choices.
Such is the case of The Osiris Child, a series of scenes that cut away from interesting developments to flashbacks with a vengeance, as though “interesting developments” killed director Shane Abbess’s dog.
The Osiris Child manages to pull you in during it's opening chapters with impressive visuals, strong character work, and themes of progression related malfeasance. It all implies that we are getting a more thoughtful science-fiction affair and one that's been done on an indie budget. However, a lot of this gets lost along the way as the movie gets distracted with spending time on backwater space hillbillies and devolves into a sci-fi, B-movie with all of the quality of a Syfy original creature-feature. Only prettier.
The promise of it's story gets snuffed out in the face of some of the least convincing monsters ever thrown onscreen. Well, that's not true. They're just the worst I've seen in a movie where the director expects us to take them seriously. The biggest threats to our characters are clearly just dudes in rubber suits that have been **** in tattered rags. That removes any of the urgency from the action sequences. The writing takes a steep dive following it's solid introductory moments. The movie sets it self up great and then fails to deliver. It just sort of stops developing it's characters in any satisfactory manner and gets caught up in the shlock.
Director Shane Abbess delivers a final product that feels like a mashup of two completely different scripts. One intelligent, the other goofy. Both probably would have made for an enjoyable movie on their own for entirely different reasons. The Osiris Child can't commit to one or the other though and leaves viewers wanting more. In the end all it has going for it is that the strong performances and mostly great visuals continue to shine all the way through. It's what keeps the film from sinking into a realm of complete awfulness. They both deserve a better movie. One that doesn't fluctuate so much between compelling bleakness and silly cheesiness.
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Quite good science fiction movie but without fireworks. In my mind this kind of “first part of series” should be thrilling and full of potential for extension of the subject but in this case we have poor CGI, average acting and many loops in the plot.
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Comme série ou plutôt comme mini-série ou même une micro-série (3 épisodes de 4 mn) ça pourrait passer en fermant les yeux mais en tant que film entier, Osiris est complètement à la masse.
Les comédiens quant à eux sont carrément à l'ouest mais le pire concerne ce scénario totalement bidon de A à Z... c'est un gamin de CM2 qui s'en est occupé ? putain que c'est ridicule et que ça sonne creux en plus de sonner faux ! c'est de la SF de supermarché au rayon soldé et pourtant les effets sont tout-à-fait présentables...
Mais si la coquille est assez jolie, elle est vide : c'est comme un Kinder Surprise sans la surprise à l'intérieur, vous imaginez le désappointement... On aimerait en rire et on y cherche matière à rigolade, y compris à des degrés très élevés... Hélas, c'est tellement sérieux cette affaire que ça fait pitié !
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Production Company
Storm Vision Entertainment,
Eclectik Vision,
Storm Alley Entertainment,
Cutting Edge,
Envision Casting
Release Date Oct 6, 2017
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating Not Rated
Tagline War. Friendship. Survival.
Website
http://clpr.com.au/work/sfv1
Awards
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) Awards
• 1 Nomination
