Pandorum

The movie starts off by establishing the concept that the Earth is no longer a suitable home for humanity. Nearly 200 years past present time, basic necessities like food, water, and fueling products have been completely diminished by inhabitants that are included in a population of twenty-four billion. A seemingly lone fleet corporal, Bower (Ben Foster) awakes out of deep freeze with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. This is the first side effect of “Pandorum”. After realizing the power is shut down and the only exit door is jammed he waits for the only other deeply frozen companion to awaken. Lieutenant Payton (Dennis Quaid) wakes an hour later with the same side effects of Pandorum; memory loss that will return with time. Bower and Payton conclude that they are on a spacecraft 500 billion miles from Earth containing 160 thousand frozen soldiers and civilians. The spacecraft they are on is a sleeper ship whose inhabitants will repopulate a livable new planet.
After the film is nicely established, the first plot point comes when Bower first encounters the primal-like creatures on the ship. After escaping these creatures for the first time, he knows that his adventure to restore power to the ship is going to be a difficult one. Also included in the first plot point is when Bower encounters another survivor on the ship.
The second plot point occurs when Bower and two other survivors learn about what is going on. They find out that one of the crew members affected by Pandorum released numerous inhabitants and left them on their own to survive and evolve, into the creatures, for hundreds of years. Shortly after learning their history, Bower completes his mission of restoring power to the ship.
The climax of the film comes when we find out that Payton is not who he says he really his. Bower and Payton engage in their final conflict, where only one can survive. Is Humanity saved? Or does the evil crew member affected by Pandorum rise to the top?

Written By: Travis Milloy