This is a rather odd one out know where. I had no clue what this was about and if it was connected to anything. All I knew was it was an animation and the artwork looked rather American style. It was rather confusing watching the show because they didn't really explain much about this. Just a warning though, there really is a lot of blood, guts, and nudity in this show.The show gets really odd the more and more you watch it with people acting oddly and bodies turning up all over the place. It seems a lot like it could be a really good video game story rather then a movie. A really horror based video game with people disappearing and going crazy. Of course, it is and this was based off of the story. I guess they did good in that aspect but in another aspect, it just means it should not of been a movie. The rest of the show becomes way too political to keep my interest. We have a hot shot security leader battling against the head of the ship shes on, and then there is her security team who is pretty much the crackshot, the rebel (why is she here again?), the no name computer expert, the big guns, the rookie… am I reminding you of a particular team in any other horror show or game? The animation looks like an American comic book with its well-detailed faces and sunken cheeks that push the cheekbones out. The cg part of this show is kind of lack luster, feeling like they were thrown in though the textures were as close as they could get. Women's bodies seem to be very voluptuous no matter who they are with large breasts and hips and a rather tiny waist. The main character seems like she is very top heavy to the point she looks like she can break her back. Some of the models and backgrounds look like they are steampunk with dark and dingy colorings and rust color specks on most of the objects. I do have a question, what is with the strange lights on the back of their jackets? Then never explain what the hell that was supposed to be though I guess I can estimate that its to show if your alive or not. Not sure why they would need that though. Other parts of the show seem to be pulled right out of a video game. Some things aren't consistent like for example, when one of the characters wives kills herself, she slices the neck almost clean off but when he's carrying her, her head seems to be attached again.The script makes me feel rather confused as they don't explain who everyone is and what the hell they are doing. Not like it matters as all of them turn out to be unimportant. I mean, they end up being nameless stereotypes to space age horror movies. The voices most of the time seem like they are just reading the script of being forced to act surprised. Lots of characters seem to have only two personalities, mad and upset. They all seem to have the same personalities and are pretty generic when it boils down to trying to put a name to a face. There is a lot of swearing, sex talk, and racial and gender related discriminations.

The animation has a very retro feel to it and I found that quite disappointing, knowing the quality of in-game animation today, I expected something better. The performances were all OK (I guess), but then the dialogue wasn't exactly ground-breaking. On the minus side; the story was far from original (see Alien and you've virtually seen this) and the plot did get a tad confusing in several places. Add to that the way the story was structured made it look like you were playing a game version of the film. What I mean is that a problem area was identified and Vincent and her team were dispatched to sort it out; this happens at least three times. On the plus side, there is plenty of gore splattered about the place and that's what people want to see… right? Not one I can recommend I'm afraid… Unless you like plenty of gore, that is.My score: 5.3/10.IMDb Score: 6.2/10 (based on 5,121 votes at the time of going to press).Rotten Tomatoes 'Tomatometer' Score: NO SCORE YET (based on 2 reviews counted at the time of going to press).Rotten Tomatoes 'Audience' Score: 52/100 (based on 2,451 user ratings counted at the time of going to press).You can find an expanded version of this review on my blog: Thoughts of a SteelMonster.

"Dead Space", is considered as one of the greatest video game's ever made. It was both scary and fun. Upon it's release, not only a comic-book series was made, but a Direct-To-Video animated prequel was released.The thing's I liked about this movie was the animation was great, I liked how they kept the monster's from the video game in the movie, and I liked the story.The thing's I didn't like about this movie is that the character's were flat and the acting was mediocre. With the exception of Jim Cummings as The Captain and Kevin Michael Richards as Samuel Irons.Overall, "Dead Space: Downfall", is a decent prequel that's still worth watching only if you're a fan of the game. If not, then this film is not for you.

When I first heard about this movie, I thought it was an anime got really excited because I love anime and Dead Space is an awesome game. I waited first to complete the game before I got the movie, so I did. And what do I get for my waiting? Pure crap, that' what. It was not anime for one, it was regular American animation. Since the game is 18+ I would have at least expect some cool more adult-like animation, but no. The animation part of this film is completely awful, I can't stand it. OK I could handle the 3d animation even though they were not that good. But the character animations are just awful, I mean it's like watching Disney Channel. And Im guessing that's what audience they are looking for since I can't imagine an adult enjoying this movie. They voice acting was good, that's pretty much the only thing I don't have a complaint on. The dialogue was pretty lame, typical American tough guy crap, it's so cliché and overdone. So, I guess they were trying to please with film is the gamer audience and the animation audience. Well I don't watch much American animation so I can't really say anything about that, but I doubt the US would succeed on making as good animation as Japan. But as a gamer, Im disappointed, Dead Space is a really good game I enjoyed playing it a lot and feel that it's on of the few great accomplishments done by the EA. So as a gamer Im really disappointed in this movie, so unless you're a hardcore Dead Space fan I would avoid it.