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Dead Space: Downfall [Blu-ray] (2008)

Bruce Boxleitner , Kelly Hu , Chuck Patton  |  NR |  Blu-ray
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (113 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Bruce Boxleitner, Kelly Hu, Keith Szarabajka, Jim Cummings, Kevin Michael Richardson
  • Directors: Chuck Patton
  • Format: Blu-ray, Color, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Studio: ANCHOR BAY
  • DVD Release Date: October 28, 2008
  • Run Time: 85 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (113 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B001C0NMXE
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #38,387 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Dead Space: Downfall [Blu-ray]" on IMDb

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Deleted Scenes, Movie trailer, Game trailer, Photo Gallery, Isolated Soundtrack, Cheat Codes.

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Dead Space: Downfall serves as a prelude to the popular Electronic Arts video game. In the distant future, the crew of the ship Ishimura discovers a mysterious artifact on a barren planet "several million light years" from Earth. Members of the Unitologist Church believe it's a holy object that will help humans overcome death. Hidden within it are monsters who take over the crew's bodies, mutate into grotesque beasts, and attack everything in sight. Although tough-as-press-on-nails security chief Alissa Vincent leads a bloody battle against the aliens, the entire crew is transmogrified and/or devoured: The stage is set for Isaac Clarke to board the remains of the Ishihara and kick some alien butt. As a film Dead Space: Downfall makes little sense. What did the aliens live on before the humans arrived? Why is their body chemistery perfectly attuned to homo sapiens? Why do church members regard the artifact as holy when no one's seen it before? Fans of the game may be willing to overlook the incoherent story, stolid direction, and uninspired animation that apes anime. Uninitiated viewers should look elsewhere for entertainment. (Unrated: Suitable for age 16 and older: extensive profanity, gore, grotesque imagery, nudity, graphic violence, including violence against women) --Charles Solomon

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On a deep space mining mission to a remote planet, an ancient religious relic - thought to be proof of the existence of God - is unearthed and brought aboard. When the unholy artifact unleashes a long-dormant alien race, its glimpse of Heaven transforms the ship into a living Hell. Prepare yourself for the disturbing opening chapters of the EA game that takes adult animation to graphic new levels of bloodshed and terror.

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A decent animated prelude to a great video game October 28, 2008
Format:DVD
Dead Space: Downfall serves its purpose as being a decent animated prelude to EA's great space based survival horror video game, delivering the goods in terms of blood and gore. However, there's little else to be found than that here, and that may be absolutely fine with you. The story revolves around the uncovering of an ancient artifact, and the events that transpire afterwards that involve people going insane and murdering one another. Before you know it, there's mutated zombie beasts running amok, and no one is safe. What Dead Space: Downfall does manage to accomplish is explain some plot points from the video game, as well as set-up what to expect if you haven't played it yet. Other than provide ample amounts of bloody, gorey violence, the animation itself is pretty lackluster. Things aren't really helped much thanks to some atrocious dialogue and a cliche script from the comic book writing tandem of Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray (whose work has ranged from great to awful) that becomes hard to follow in the midst of all the violence. Still, Dead Space: Downfall has a great music score, some genuinely creppy moments, and decent voice talent that includes Bruce Boxleitner and Kelly Hu. All in all, Dead Space: Downfall serves as being a decent animated prelude to EA's great game, and for fans who have played it already or are looking to, this animated dirge is worth a look.
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20 of 24 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Goretacular! November 13, 2008
Format:DVD
"Dead Space: Downfall" is an animated film that serves as a prequel to the outstanding science-fiction survival horror video game, Dead Space. The story draws heavily upon previous masterpieces of film and game alike which most prominently include Aliens, Resident Evil (the games), 28 Days/Weeks Later and Halo. It makes for an entertaining stand-alone popcorn flick to people unfamiliar with the game and fleshes out the story for fans of the game somewhat by showing the events leading up to the nerve-wracking experience of the game in greater detail.

Whether or not you play video games, if you love animated violence then this is as brutal as it gets. The story involves a mining vessel sent by the fanatical Church of Unitology (Unitarian Scientologists?) to retrieve an artifact on a dead planet. The mining vessels subsist by "cracking" planets and selling the ore. Some say this is detrimental to the harmony of the Universe. I'd say that in this case, that's an understatement. The vessel unwittingly unleashes an alien race -named as "Necromorphs" in the game- that thrive on dead flesh; possessing, reanimating, molding, and mutating it into forms suitable for slaying even more living things to continually spread the race. The result is damn horrific by any standard. To make things worse something is affecting the minds of the crew and driving them mad, making them both eager to die and kill for the aliens. Mix this with an already fanatical religious sect and you've got trouble.

So other than a typical sci-fi alien/zombie invasion romp, some of the usual "organized religion will kill us all" gloom and doom, and a little extra story for gamers what does "Downfall" offer? Violence. Brutal, inhuman, senseless, bloody, evil, unrelenting, unflinching violence. Decapitation, dismemberment, jaws ripped off, folks sawed in half (both horizontally and vertically), eyeball socket abuse, gaping neck wounds, viscera aplenty, and a freakin' mutated dead baby biting a dude in the face. Now that is some hardcore sh!+. The inside of the ship is practically painted in blood, and there's even a bit o' animated full frontal male nudity if that sort of thing piques your interest. So yeah, you may want to send the kids into the next room for this one. The violence in this is awesome. Also be prepared for almost comically excessive profanity.

So with all the attention showered on the putrid piles of dung that are what usually passes for video game adaptations, why has nobody heard of this? The likes of Uwe Boll and Paul Anderson get notoriety and praise (respectively) for ruining unruinable concepts and franchises while a solid flick like this gets shoved to the back of the shelf? Double-you. Tea. Eff. To be fair, "Downfall" isn't exactly all it could have been either. The video game not only looks better visually, but is far more fleshed out storywise. This film does very little to offer insight into the Necromorphs and few varieties even make appearances. I was hoping for a lot more. Practically none of the game's weapons are present either which is odd considering how cool they are and that the game takes place on the exact same ship which has no shortage of said weapons. At least one character does manage to make their way to the video game, which picks up at the last scene of "Downfall".

Gorehounds, adult animation fanatics, sci-fi horror buffs, and video game aficionados are all going to want to see this. It doesn't offer much more than brutal death, but it offers a whole lot of that. I wish it had been done in CG to retain more of the game's amazing look and feel and that the story had encompassed more... well, story but this is definitely an entertaining hour and fifteen minutes. The special features are sparse. Hopefully more video game adaptations will stick to the animated format which has produced solid if not exceptional films like Street Fighter (compare that to the laughable live-action version) and Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children. My fingers are crossed for the upcoming CG flick Resident Evil: Degeneration.

3 1/2 stars, rounded up for being BRUTAL!
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18 of 23 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Okay horror, but not Dead Space November 15, 2008
Format:Blu-ray
Downfall is supposed to be the prequel to the Dead Space video game that was released prior to the video. There was a series of preview comics that were downloadable off the XBox marketplace that, and I assumed that the movie was going to be a base for the movie. However, this was not the case.

Ther movie primarily follows the Chief of Security of the Ishimura, who tries to contain the outbreak of violence and the necromorphs on the mining ship. The sequence follows a predictable path of disbelief, followed by a dug-in resistance. Several scenes are badly handled. Namely, a officer sees his own wife decapitate herself, and reacts as if she dropped a carton of eggs on the carpet. The ending is very dark and in line with the games tone. That was probably the only scene that reminded me of the Dead Space game.

Downfall was written and produced by someone who was told the plot of the video game, and maybe saw it played, but had no opportunity to play it themselves, and also had only cliff notes on the backstory. None of the scenes from the movie that appeared in game are remotely similar, and were well done in the video game, so it was disappointing to see them mess with it. None of the weapons of equipment from the game even makes an appearance, though one that does show up prominently, I wish had been in the game.

If the movie had had another title, it would've crawled up to 3 stars, as I wasn't a fan of the srtwork, but the name Dead Space raised expectations, which weren't met on almost every front.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie
I totally recommend it.

I love the games and I wanted to know more about the history of the game.
Published 1 month ago by Jesus Yair Maldonado Bustamante
5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Animated Horror Film
The scariest animated film I've ever seen. If it were to become a live action film, it would be the greatest and scariest science fiction film ever! I loved it!
Published 1 month ago by Isaac Rodriguez
5.0 out of 5 stars Fan of the game??? Enjoy the Animated Movies...
Great 2 part animated movie to take you into the world of Dead Space. After watching the films your going to want to play the game trust me. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Franky E. Rivera
5.0 out of 5 stars good
I love DEAD SPACE I had to get this I've seen it before it's good. O & it came before estimated ship so I got to watch it sooner then anticipated
Published 2 months ago by SLIM_SHADYone
5.0 out of 5 stars Becoming a Unitologist more and more
I love everything about Dead Space. The books, the graphc novel, the games and of course this animated fil is not an exception. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Movies
My boyfriend loves these movies, and he was excited to see that he owned them forever. Thanks for giving me the best birthday present for him!
Published 3 months ago by Jessica Glaspie
5.0 out of 5 stars Dead Space: Downfall
Pretty cool video. I recommend playing the first Dead Space game before watching Downfall. Part of the fun of the first game is how the story unfolds, and watching the video after... Read more
Published 3 months ago by R. J. Gutt
5.0 out of 5 stars Gore fest
This has got to be one of the bloodiest, most gruesome animes I have ever watched. but it is also one of the most entertaining and action packed ever!!!
Published 3 months ago by Andrew Story
2.0 out of 5 stars Animated blood and guts
For those who cannot get enough of blood and gore in live action, recent decades has seen animated films with blood and gore. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Newton Ooi
4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty Good
This movie is a great example of why not all animated movies are for kids. More blood and guts then in most hollywood horror movies.
Published 3 months ago by Jason T Matlat
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I haven't read the comics but I have to agree with you, it has to live up to the hype and i really hope it plays well.
I always liked the alien movies atmosphere (crossed with event horizon), so it would be nice to play it.
Oct 18, 2008 by Alaa S. AL Sinan |  See all 5 posts
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I downloaded all the animated comics on PSN. I found a HD UNCUT version on veoh.com. Same thing, without the *bleeps*.
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