That was an excellent one.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

I don't often write reviews, but at this particular case I want to, since a lot of the posted here is making this movie look way worse than it actually is.Aftermath is the 2nd movie based on the Dead Space franchise by EA publisher. First one being Dead Space: Downfall. There are also 2 graphic novels, 7 comic books- made in motion comic, etc. Without spoiling anything here is some light:VISUALS: It's a low budget movie. You can see it all over the place- the 3D is just to get by and the 2D: there are jaded figures here and there. However, the animation style in general is WAY BETTER than the 1st movie in my opinion. And you can find inspiration for different projects in the movie. The different stories are told in a different style which reminds of other works done in a similar manner (Batman Gotham Knight, Animatrix etc.). Which is exactly how I feel this stage should develop. Small indie-studios, you throw them in some ideas and let them dream/work. With little copyright issues of course (this never happens :((( ) In one word, the 3d is crap, but it's only a 3rd of the movie, so you can live through it.SOUND: Probably the best part. The voices are convincing and they breathe life into every character. There are Irish, Indian,etc accents, ethnic diversity, albeit a little stereotypical, but fantastic. I really enjoyed the sound work and effects. All, but good words here.STORY: From a fan point of view, the story makes perfect sense. If you are, however, unfamiliar with Dead Space, then probably you wouldn't enjoy this movie as much. In my opinion this is not bad, and you can at least get interested in the franchise on the first place.CHARACTERS: There are 4 main characters, you get to learn pieces of their past and occupation, not too much information on the overall. But enough for the plot to move on. I want to keep this short, so I am not going to go into details.FINNALLY, If you are a fan/familiar with Dead Space this movie is a solid addition to your collection and will quench your thrust for more Dead Space adventure for a bit. Leaving you waning more of the same.If you have never heard of Dead Space, this will feel like a little bit above average production that will either make you seek more info or forget about it.Me personally, this is a solid 7-7.5. I voted a bit higher, because 5-something doesn't do justice to this project. It's way too low for the work put into to it and it's way too low for the final result as well. I say give it a chance, you wont be disappointed and the movie is far better than most of the animation coming out these days- story-wise at least.

Overall this is a fairly mediocre film. It's short, under 80 minutes, so it's not a waste of time even if you hate it. Dead Space: Downfall is much better even though it's 3 years older. The plot is more cohesive and so is the animation style, a very important aspect.While there can be some complaints about the plot in Aftermath (mostly regarding repetition), it's reasonably decent, and the biggest complaint is the visual aspect. The film is divided into multiple parts and each is made differently - some with 2D animation and some with 3D animation. The 3D is completely awful despite the lighting (inexcusably worse than cutscenes from some PS1 games) and the 2D is weird in the last portion (not objectively BAD, but the style isn't fitting and heavily conflicts with previous sections). Most people would probably rate this as a 7 or 8 if Aftermath used the first part's 2D animation throughout.If you're a fan of Dead Space it's probably worth watching Aftermath, but I wouldn't recommend it; I'd recommend Downfall instead. It's not amazing, but it's much better than Aftermath in all aspects.

This wasn't a very good anthology movie in my opinion.While "Dead Space: Aftermath" had a better plot than "Dead Space: Downfall" (Which only consisted into showing a bunch of characters killing and being killed by monstrous aliens) the poor animation and the thin characterization doesn't allow this to be a truly enjoyable film.The CGI from this movie was very ugly and unappealing. It almost like something done in the early nineties, having minimal details, characters devoid of emotion on their faces, which are only able to make robotic and unnatural movements.On the other side, the flashbacks included on "Dead Space: Aftermath" are done in a anime design, which isn't much better either, but it almost look good in comparison with hideous computer animation used in the parts of the movie which take place in the present.None of the stories were particularly good nor interesting, and all of them were a bit predictable and dull.While the premise of showing the same events from different perspectives was certainly interesting and with lots of potential, the overall result still lefts too much to be desired.However, I do think that this was an improvement in comparison with the uninspired "Dead Space:Downfall". Even when this wasn't a very successful experiment, at least it's a step in the right direction.

It's hard for me to understand why this movie has so bad reviews. After watching Downfall, I watched Aftermath with many reserves. But... I was gladly surprised! It is true that the CGI segments were the worse part of it, but the structure of this film is very much like the short "Have I Got a Story For You" from Batman: Gotham Knight, where you get to see the same story from different perspectives, all of them animated by different studios. And all of them were really good! The characters are well defined, and they have more believable motivations. Overall, the film lets us understand much better the story connecting the space monsters and the Marker (monolith).The story is so much more consistent than it is on Downfall. I really think all the video game fans should at least give it a try.