I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

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.

This is a movie about a several groups of teenage boys who get transported to an alien planet to play some sort of Survival Game. But something goes wrong and most of the boys don't make it so the handful that did get through, though from different teams, are forced to work together to survive and figure out a way to get back to earth.The acting is terrible, the plot is all over the place, and the dialog is annoying to the ears. This is suppose to be a film about teamwork so that the members of the team can survive, but sometimes they kick a kid out of the group because he is humanly flawed, even though in a situation like this, they need every man they have to strengthen their chances of survival.I think this is a really, really bad rip off of Robert Heinlein's "Tunnel in the Sky". Now there would be a movie I would pay to see.

I was utterly surprised at how poorly this movie was reviewed by some people.Bottom line, this movie had me in its grips from almost the beginning.While perhaps there were a few forced moments in the plot, I really didn't know what was going to happen, and yes, I cared about the characters.I watched this with my 9-year-old son and we both like it.For me there was an appropriate amount of mystery, and I even liked the spareness of the setting, the dialog and the plot.This movie is not about space. It's about PEOPLE.

You all got it wrong, this about trust, friendship and losing and finding friends. Friends you would die for. It takes a great deal of thought to get to this point, cost is not a consideration to this fact. I believe they have accomplished this well, Tyl & Eli did very well in my book. They show the compassion to help other players in life. Just as people today only think about themselves. The point of sharing and giving to others or even just compassion in relationships. In a time in the future that is so much like the world today. it is a little rough.I have imagination to fill in the blanks. Hey had to register for this cuz some want all the glitz and glamor. Sol got it done with less than Hollywood and i believe they did well!

jbviewer review is suspect because of being a member for 7 yrs & THIS is the movie that was inspiration to write the only review after so many years?!? HORRIBLE acting realized in the first 3 minute, then the characters start spewing jargon about academies, & being captain of some team to get a coin to join some higher order all of which is never explained. The reason for the mistrust is because of the tournament & they've been stranded a an unknown planet & there is not way to get back thru the slip gate.Immediately you realize everyone is missing members from their teams except for one & the race is on to win the tournament at all costs. No trusts each other in part because they teach @ these academies do whatever it takes to win, even if they have to kill the other team members or teams. SO despite the fact the others are likely dead, all the equipment/ supplies didn't make it thru & slip gate isn't working stranding them light years away on an unknown planet to the team members everyone is worried only about winning instead of survival.The dialog through out the film is delivered w/o any convincing emotion by anyone. I kept waiting for KIT to die because of him being so ANNOYING & HAL couldn't have died sooner to keep him from playing his stupid ocarina...this whole thing is just plain horrible.