The Shumway brothers' 45 minute short film, Enigma is a respectable slice of gritty space opera considering the tiny budget. But then again, the FX were handled by Matt Shumway who works as animation supervisor on some big projects including Joss Wheddon's Cabin in the Woods, Land of the Lost and Golden Compass.
Synopsis:
Floating dead in space, transport ship Genesis becomes an unsolvable mystery. All hands on board have been killed. What began as a simple transport mission for the crew of the Genesis, ends with not only their bloodshed, but the loss of an important military prisoner. The people of earth are in a time of crisis. They are waging war against a far superior opponent, an alien race called the Cnidarians. After a bloody assault on a military ship, the Vendetta, Ussm special forces were able to capture their first Cnidarian prisoner, code named 71099. But commonly known through out the fleet as Ediolon,...
Synopsis:
Floating dead in space, transport ship Genesis becomes an unsolvable mystery. All hands on board have been killed. What began as a simple transport mission for the crew of the Genesis, ends with not only their bloodshed, but the loss of an important military prisoner. The people of earth are in a time of crisis. They are waging war against a far superior opponent, an alien race called the Cnidarians. After a bloody assault on a military ship, the Vendetta, Ussm special forces were able to capture their first Cnidarian prisoner, code named 71099. But commonly known through out the fleet as Ediolon,...
- 1/26/2011
- QuietEarth.us
After watching the short film “Enigma” by independent filmmakers, Jason and Matt Shumway, I came away with a greater appreciation for independent sci-fi films. Don’t get me wrong, I’m from the era where the channel formerly known as SciFi had low budget goodness on every weekend. I delighted to see some of the films they had acquired like the Dungeons and Dragons sequel, “D&D: Wrath of the Dragon God,” and the action horror film “Darklight.” But even before the change of name the quality of the movies they would get seemed to diminish. I bring this up because “Enigma” is far superior to most things they put on the channel barring “Battle Star Galactica,” “Caprica,” and “Eureka,” just to name some of their good stuff. On the movie front however, the channel is sorely lacking, unless “MegaGiantSuper Shark vs. UberGiganticUltra Piranha” is your type of film. Clocking in at just under 45 minutes,...
- 4/14/2010
- by Dedpool
- SciFiCool.com
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