MOVIEmeter
Top 5000
Down 512 this week

Pandorum (2009)

R  |   |  Action, Horror, Mystery  |  25 September 2009 (USA)
6.8
Your rating:
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -/10 X  
Ratings: 6.8/10 from 114,116 users   Metascore: 28/100
Reviews: 302 user | 218 critic | 13 from Metacritic.com

A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities.

Director:

Writers:

(screenplay), (story), 1 more credit »
Watch Trailer
0Check in
0Share...

Watch Now

From $2.99 on Amazon Video

ON DISC

10 Best Action Heroes

We consulted IMDb's Highest-Rated Action-Family Films to came up with 10 scene-stealing action figures your kids can relate to, look up to, and be inspired by.

Visit our Family Entertainment Guide

User Lists

Related lists from IMDb users

a list of 28 titles
created 29 Mar 2011
 
a list of 24 titles
created 05 Jun 2011
 
a list of 40 titles
created 07 Nov 2012
 
a list of 23 titles
created 03 Jan 2013
 
a list of 45 titles
created 2 months ago
 

Related Items

Search for "Pandorum" on Amazon.com

Connect with IMDb


Share this Rating

Title: Pandorum (2009)

Pandorum (2009) on IMDb 6.8/10

Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.

Take The Quiz!

Test your knowledge of Pandorum.

User Polls

Videos

Photos

Learn more

People who liked this also liked... 

Event Horizon (1997)
Horror | Sci-Fi
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.7/10 X  

A rescue crew investigates a spaceship that disappeared into a black hole and has now returned...with someone or something new on-board.

Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan
Sphere (1998)
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6/10 X  

A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years' worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean.

Director: Barry Levinson
Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson
Pitch Black (2000)
Action | Horror | Sci-Fi
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.1/10 X  

A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.

Director: David Twohy
Stars: Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Vin Diesel
Sunshine (2007)
Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

A team of international astronauts is sent on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun with a nuclear fission bomb in 2057.

Director: Danny Boyle
Stars: Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans
Europa Report (2013)
Sci-Fi | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.

Director: Sebastián Cordero
Stars: Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo
Daybreakers (2009)
Action | Horror | Sci-Fi
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.5/10 X  

In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind.

Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill
Cargo (2009)
Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.2/10 X  

In 2270, Earth is completely depleted and no one lives there anymore. Those that have money move to Rhea; but most of the population lives in orbit in space stations. Dr. Laura Portmann ... See full summary »

Directors: Ivan Engler, Ralph Etter
Stars: Anna Katharina Schwabroh, Martin Rapold, Regula Grauwiller
The Abyss (1989)
Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.6/10 X  

A civilian diving team is enlisted to search for a lost nuclear submarine and face danger while encountering an alien aquatic species.

Director: James Cameron
Stars: Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Michael Biehn
Cube (1997)
Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.3/10 X  

7 complete strangers of widely varying personality characteristics are involuntarily placed in an endless kafkaesque maze containing deadly traps.

Director: Vincenzo Natali
Stars: Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, David Hewlett
The Thing I (2011)
Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.2/10 X  

At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.

Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen
The Mist (2007)
Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7.2/10 X  

A freak storm unleashes a species of blood-thirsty creatures on a small town, where a small band of citizens hole up in a supermarket and fight for their lives.

Director: Frank Darabont
Stars: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden
Horror | Thriller
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.6/10 X  

After an Alaskan town is plunged into darkness for a month, it is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires.

Director: David Slade
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Danny Huston
Edit

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
André Hennicke ...
Hunter Leader (as André M. Hennicke)
Friederike Kempter ...
...
Insane Officer 'Eden' (as Niels Bruno Schmidt)
Asia Luna Mohmand ...
Childhunter (as Luna Mohmand)
Delphine Chuillot ...
Wotan Wilke Möhring ...
Julian Rappe ...
Domenico D'Ambrosio ...
Edit

Storyline

Two crew members are stranded on a spacecraft and quickly - and horrifically - realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can't remember anything: Who are they? What is their mission? With Lt. Payton staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter, Cpl. Bower ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking, deadly secrets are revealed...and the astronauts find their own survival is more important than they could ever have imagined. Written by Overture Films

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Taglines:

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


Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence and language | See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

 »
Edit

Details

Country:

|

Language:

| |

Release Date:

25 September 2009 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Пандорум  »

Box Office

Budget:

$33,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$4,424,126 (USA) (25 September 2009)

Gross:

$10,326,062 (USA) (13 November 2009)
 »

Company Credits

Show detailed on  »

Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

| |

Color:

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
See  »
Edit

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Pandorum' is the first film in a proposed trilogy, but it is doubtful the sequels will ever see the light of day due to the first film's low box-office performance. See more »

Goofs

In the suit of one of Eden's crew members it reads Kreska, however, in his respective hibernation chamber it reads Kresca, with C. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Recorded Voice: You're all that's left of us. Good luck, God bless, and godspeed.
See more »

Crazy Credits

The initial end credits intersperse with interiors of the Elysium. As well as some slight video static with the scrolling credits. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Elysium (2013) See more »

Frequently Asked Questions

See more (Spoiler Alert!) »

User Reviews

 
Amazing! Totally unexpected!
28 September 2009 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I went into this film not knowing much about it to be honest. I was really only interested in it when I heard it was set in space. This film is one of the most terrifying action/horror/sci-fi movies I have seen in a very long time, but that's not the best part! The best part is the intriguing story with some amazing twists! Some are obvious and at least one is just completely unexpected, but none of them feel overly typical. Ben Foster is really really good in this and I must say that he is getting much better at picking roles, with 3:10 to Yuma and now this! One thing that really stuck out to me also, was how much some of it reminded me of the game Dead Space, don't read into that too much as far as story goes, it's just that there are a few elements that I think were inspired by the game, and if you have played Dead Space, I think you will know what I mean when you see it. This movie was good, really good, and finally gave me the space horror/fiction fix I have been craving since the last good space movie, Sunshine, by Danny Boyle. Go see this movie!


161 of 221 people found this review helpful.  Was this review helpful to you?

Message Boards

Recent Posts
PANDORUM SEQUEL!!!!! DanDyXD
How exactly did the mutants come to be? KLujac
Sucked big time heisenberg83
Pandorum Writer needs your help! tpmilloy
If you liked this movie then check out... maxgood512
Alternate ending sally_alcott
Discuss Pandorum (2009) on the IMDb message boards »

Contribute to This Page