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.
A grizzled Quaid and an intense Foster do their best to keep straight faces, but this is not an effort likely to figure prominently on their resumes.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
27 Sep 2009
rotten:
According to the press notes, pandorum means "Orbital Dysfunctional Syndrome"; whatever that is, by the end of the movie I was convinced I had caught it.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
27 Sep 2009
rotten:
As the credit "Produced by Paul W.S. Anderson" attests, this is hackwork of the highest order, lacking in all poetry and barely comprehensible aurally or visually.
– Keith Uhlich,
Time Out New York,
30 Sep 2009
fresh:
The script's twisty, end-of-the-world intrigue saves this otherwise leaden film from total self-destruction.
– Michelle Orange,
L.A. Weekly,
1 Oct 2009
rotten:
Alvart achieves a strong sense of scale, but characters and ideas are lost amid a mess of fight scenes that, oddly, look like outtakes from 'The Descent'.