Pandorum

"Don't fear the end of the world. Fear what happens next."

2009 1h 48m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 2,786

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Synopsis

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Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.

“Don't fear the end of the world. Fear what happens next.”

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Cast

Ben Foster
Bower
Dennis Quaid
Payton
Cam Gigandet
Gallo
Antje Traue
Nadia
Cung Le
Manh
Eddie Rouse
Leland
Norman Reedus
Shepard
André Hennicke
Hunter Leader

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Christian Alvart
Writers: Travis Milloy, Christian Alvart, Travis Milloy
Languages: English, Vietnamese, German
Countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America

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1 / 8

MONEY

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Earned back only 63% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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2 / 8

ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Vietnamese, German.

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4 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.

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5 / 8

CAST

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254+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Christian Alvart, shot by Wedigo von Schultzendorff. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Michl Britsch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Philipp Stahl shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Christian Alvart directs. Wedigo von Schultzendorff behind the camera. Michl Britsch scores. Philipp Stahl cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America. Dialogue in English, Vietnamese, German.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Earned back only 63% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: English, Vietnamese, German.
4International production across 3 countries: Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America.
5254+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Christian Alvart, shot by Wedigo von Schultzendorff. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Michl Britsch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Philipp Stahl shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid and Cam Gigandet carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "Don't fear the end of the world. Fear what happens next.".
11IMDB entry: tt1188729 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Wedigo von Schultzendorff
Original score: Michl Britsch
Editing: Philipp Stahl
Production design: Richard Bridgland
Costume design: Ivana Milos
Makeup / hair: Alexander Soltermann
VFX supervisor: Viktor Müller
Sound: Jürgen Funk
Stunt coordinator: François Doge
Runtime: 108 min · 1h 48m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $33,000,000
Box office: $20,648,328
Return: 63% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Pandorum (2009)

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Andre Gonzales2023-07-24
★ 5/10
Hard to understand what is going on in this movie. There's a lot of whispering so it's hard to understand them even with the volume up. I had to watch this movie about 5 times to really understand the movie. It's dumb, but the creatures were pretty sweet looking though.
CinemaSerf2025-11-09
★ 7/10
With humanity finally having milked the earth to death, a sort of Noah’s Ark is hurtling through space in search of somewhere new for humanity to start again. Crewman “Bower” (Ben Foster) awakens from his hyper-sleep to find his inter-stellar vessel eerily devoid of crew and making some curious creaking noises. His explorations of the ship soon pairs him up with “Payton” (Dennis Quaid) whose pod had broken and who is just as disoriented. With the latter man staying on the bridge, “Bower” sets off into the body of the ship ill-prepared for what he is about to find. In some ways, this is reminiscent of “The Descent” (2005) with a decent chunk of menace, some end-to-end gruesomeness and a fair amount of spatial paranoia that Foster holds together well. Quaid is also on quite decent, if sparing, form too delivering a character that is never entirely trustworthy and there’s Cam Gigandet’s slightly enigmatic “Gallo” with whom “Bower” teams up as he manages to ally, after a fairly ropey start, with a small team of scientists holed up in the gunnels trying to work out their own way to safety. The visual effects and the photography have an effective claustrophobic sense of peril to them, and when coupled with some effective use of lighting and audio it all helps to create quite an ominous serious of scenarios. For a change, there is also some more meaningful - if not always so easily audible - dialogue as opposed to the usual gung-ho, yee-ha, type of stuff and I was pleasantly surprised with this well paced and above average sci-fi adventure.