Posted: 15 May 2008, 21:40Okay, so I've watched Retrograde...and...
It wasn't too bad. The special effects weren't as bad as I expected but it was clearly rushed, low budget and some direction was awful. They seemed to have crammed all the action into the trailer and some of the actors were quite cheesy. Dolph seemed to be in a bad mood, looked rather bored and his character was annoying because he had an objective and wanted to fulfil it - no time for emotion or caring about dying people, oh no, we must blow up the worst CGI snow on the planet.
It was a good concept, slightly boring, Dolph didn't feature much but overall it was watchable and had some interesting scenes. A little more time, Dolph directing and editing and a few more hundred thousand dollars and it would have been a hit...although that is a hell of a lot to ask.
However the film wasn't all bad, there were some cool guns, Gary Daniels was likable and they weren't scared to kill of main characters..or was that why these characters were introduced? To kill off?
Still, I've seen it, I don't regret it, it was different and interesting and I respect people for that. Some of the sets were pretty good near the start and I think if you honestly look closely the budget was pretty well used. Just not for the sinking cartoon ship at the end.
It wasn't too bad. The special effects weren't as bad as I expected but it was clearly rushed, low budget and some direction was awful. They seemed to have crammed all the action into the trailer and some of the actors were quite cheesy. Dolph seemed to be in a bad mood, looked rather bored and his character was annoying because he had an objective and wanted to fulfil it - no time for emotion or caring about dying people, oh no, we must blow up the worst CGI snow on the planet.
It was a good concept, slightly boring, Dolph didn't feature much but overall it was watchable and had some interesting scenes. A little more time, Dolph directing and editing and a few more hundred thousand dollars and it would have been a hit...although that is a hell of a lot to ask.
However the film wasn't all bad, there were some cool guns, Gary Daniels was likable and they weren't scared to kill of main characters..or was that why these characters were introduced? To kill off?
Still, I've seen it, I don't regret it, it was different and interesting and I respect people for that. Some of the sets were pretty good near the start and I think if you honestly look closely the budget was pretty well used. Just not for the sinking cartoon ship at the end.
