Omni Science

Incredibly boring, disjointed plot. Dull, underdeveloped characters. This is religious porn for people desperate to watch a show that stokes their superstitions in a way that is less mealy-mouthed and cheesy than Kirk Cameron films. Once you see it, you understand the vast difference between critics' and audience reviews. The critics are being fair and honest. The audience wants it to be true so badly that they're willing to ignore the facts. It's facts vs. faith.

I was hoping for a deep, philosophical sci-fi movie like Interstellar or Arrival. Nope. This was a story about an astronaut with daddy issues. Aside from the lazy writing (I don't think they got a single science fact correct), the forced and incoherent action scenes (space pirates? Monkeys? Seriously?), and contrived religious overtones, the main plot was lacking substance. I was extremely disappointed from beginning to end. This isn't a science fiction movie at all, rather it is a pedantic drama with a weak plot, set in space. It isn't visually stunning, grand in setting, or richly developed. It's just lame.

This movie was bad. It was so incredibly boring and slow, my wife literally fell asleep twice. I stopped waking her up because, well, she wasn't missing anything. The story was disconnected like it was poorly edited, and the ending was predictable within the first 30 minutes of the movie. I've read several reviews here that were positive, and criticized the negative reviewers as being lazy or stupid. Let me assure you, the plot is very easy to understand. It's just very thin and shallow, lazily crafted, with poorly developed, one-dimensional characters. There are incredibly interesting and well written sci-fi dramas that don't need to rely on action (e.g. Interstellar, District 9), but Captive State gives this sub-genre a bad name. Visually unappealing, dull story, disjointed and boring; there is nothing positive I can say about it. Sadly, I wouldn't even recommend watching it for free on your own tv when it reaches cable. It is the most tediously uninspired and uninspiring movie I've seen in a very long time.