It builds up very nicely to its satisfying climax and plays out like a live action movie in terms of the dialogue and level of acting. The more interesting parts of the story is actually the interplay between the captain, his bridge crew and the doctor. Throw in an internal power struggle between the ship's captain and his doctor, a dash of pseudo-religious talk and lots of bloody action and you get Dead Space Downfall. Spaceship responds to a distress signal from some far off mining colony, some alien organism gets on board and starts replicating and killing the crew. The story seems to be a blend of Aliens, Resident Evil(the game) and Doom(the movie).
On first viewing i was impressed, though with subsequent viewings, the flaws started to bubble to the surface. Being a fan of animation, i immediately popped this into my DVD player for a view. It's just a shame that the people behind it decided to take the easy route by throwing as many body parts across the screen as possible, instead of trying to create a "real" adult animated horror film.This movie came free with a special edition of the Dead Space game that i bought.
Although we've seen it all before, Dead Space: Downfall is still reasonably entertaining and it's gotten me more interested in the game, so I guess it accomplished what it set out to do. There are times where the movie seems to be touching on themes that might elevate it above your typical sci-fi gore fest, but those are quickly ignored in favor of more bloodshed.
I'm all for gratuitous violence, but blood and guts are only entertaining for so long, it would be nice to have some suspense to go with it, after the first few disembowelments and decapitations I started to lose interest. Violence is obviously not something for the kids, but the way it's handled in this movie is incredibly immature, so the only people who could get the most enjoyment out of it are kids. Apparently this was supposed to "redefine animation for adults", but there is nothing groundbreaking here, or even adult for that matter.
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