I've never been so convinced that characters in a movie knew so little about what they were supposed to be experts in. How does the main character Palmer know so much about engineering without being any good at math? It is unclear to me how so much technical detail can be gleaned from doodles in a notepad which contained absolutely zero alphanumeric characters. I'm also baffled by why there was so much worry about submitting your project for review when that very project just enabled you to see to the other side of the Universe. I did learn that nearly all devices are able to be interconnected with DB25 modem cables and that overheating components can be cooled by throwing ice packs inside a chassis. There was an amazing number of references to needing more "parts", and endless technically deep explanations like "it works" or "when this light comes on it means there's power to the system". It's also nice to know that alien file transfer protocols are not proprietary. The concept is pretty cool and it reminded me of the pilot episode of the old 1960's Outer Limits episode called "The Galaxy Being". I was also reminded of another couple of heard-but-not-seen disaster flicks, namely "Without Warning" and for some reason "Pontypool", the difference being that those movies were good. The characters were annoying, changing their minds about every three seconds. The ending is a total waste of time.

This was an interesting low-budget movie. The premise was good and new and different - but sadly the story felt unfinished. How I rate: 1-3 ❤ = seriously! don't waste your time 4-6 ❤ = you may or may not enjoy this 7-8 ❤ = I expect you will like this too 9-10 ❤ = movies and TV shows I really love!