Pandorum

Pandorum

2/10/2009 1h 48m 6.6/10

Overview

Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

Director

Christian Alvart

Top Billed Cast

Dennis Quaid

Dennis Quaid

Payton

Cam Gigandet

Cam Gigandet

Gallo

Antje Traue

Antje Traue

Nadia

Cung Le

Cung Le

Manh

Ben Foster

Ben Foster

Bower

Eddie Rouse

Eddie Rouse

Leland

Reviews

Andre Gonzales

Andre Gonzales

7/24/2023

5/10

Hard to understand what is going on in this movie. There's a lot of whispering so it's hard to understand them even with the volume up. I had to watch this movie about 5 times to really understand the movie. It's dumb, but the creatures were pretty sweet looking though.

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

11/9/2025

7/10

With humanity finally having milked the earth to death, a sort of Noah’s Ark is hurtling through space in search of somewhere new for humanity to start again. Crewman “Bower” (Ben Foster) awakens from his hyper-sleep to find his inter-stellar vessel eerily devoid of crew and making some curious creaking noises. His explorations of the ship soon pairs him up with “Payton” (Dennis Quaid) whose pod had broken and who is just as disoriented. With the latter man staying on the bridge, “Bower” sets off into the body of the ship ill-prepared for what he is about to find. In some ways, this is reminiscent of “The Descent” (2005) with a decent chunk of menace, some end-to-end gruesomeness and a fair amount of spatial paranoia that Foster holds together well. Quaid is also on quite decent, if sparing, form too delivering a character that is never entirely trustworthy and there’s Cam Gigandet’s slightly enigmatic “Gallo” with whom “Bower” teams up as he manages to ally, after a fairly ropey start, with a small team of scientists holed up in the gunnels trying to work out their own way to safety. The visual effects and the photography have an effective claustrophobic sense of peril to them, and when coupled with some effective use of lighting and audio it all helps to create quite an ominous serious of scenarios. For a change, there is also some more meaningful - if not always so easily audible - dialogue as opposed to the usual gung-ho, yee-ha, type of stuff and I was pleasantly surprised with this well paced and above average sci-fi adventure.

Similar Movies

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

8.4

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002

Return of the Jedi

7.9

Return of the Jedi

1983

War of the Worlds

6.5

War of the Worlds

2005

The Empire Strikes Back

8.4

The Empire Strikes Back

1980

The 13th Warrior

6.7

The 13th Warrior

1999

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

5.9

Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City

2021

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

6.5

Star Trek: The Motion Picture

1979

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

6.2

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

1970

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

5.7

Battle for the Planet of the Apes

1973

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

6.4

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

6.2

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes

1972

Fahrenheit 451

7.1

Fahrenheit 451

1966