Riverworld the Movie
Riverworld, is a Syfy original movie based on the books by Philip Jose Farmer.
The basic premise involves aliens called the caretakers, collecting humans as they die.
They then transport them to a new world, the Riverworld.
In this world, all of your basic needs are taken care of by orbs called "Grail Stones" littered around the world.
To access food from the grail stones, one must have a grail band which acts as a form of identification.
The main character is Matt Ellman, played by Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Gallactica, Dollhouse).
when the movie opens, he is a war correspondent living in Singapore.
He is madly in love with his girlfriend Jesse and proposes to her.
Unfortunately, their lives are cut short when a suicide bomber blows them up along with the night club they were at.
Matt awakens in the Riverworld among some of his friends who were in the night club.
However, Jesse is nowhere to be found.
Unlike the others, he has no grail band.
It is soon revealed that there is a civil war among the caretakers.
Each faction selects a number of champions as the caretakers themselves cannot act directly.
These champions are identified by their lack of grail band.
Throughout Matt's journey to be reunited with Jesse, he meets a number of historical figures, some are his friends and some are his enemies.
On the opposing side we meet Richard Burton, the famous explorer, and Francisco Pizarro, the man who conquered the Incas for the Spanish Empire.
Helping Matt are notables such as Sam Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain, and Tomoe Gozen, famed swordwoman of 12th century Japan.
The movie was about on par with other Syfy original movies as far as production quality and acting.
Most of these movies are basically grade B science fiction and fantasy movies, and this one is no exception.
These movies are similar to cult classic science fiction movies of the 60s, but with better special effects, and slightly better acting.
This is a long movie, with a run time of about 3 hours, so a good amount of time should be reserved if one wants to watch it.
At times the plot seems to go a little slow, but some decent action is usually around the corner.
Matt's driving quest to find Jesse gets a little old at times.
Overall, this is a decent movie to Netflix or get from the Redbox.
The story was a bit convoluted for my tastes.
The action and special effects were of about medium quality for today's standards.
It's Geektime gives Riverworld a 6 on the d10 of science fiction movies.
The basic premise involves aliens called the caretakers, collecting humans as they die.
They then transport them to a new world, the Riverworld.
In this world, all of your basic needs are taken care of by orbs called "Grail Stones" littered around the world.
To access food from the grail stones, one must have a grail band which acts as a form of identification.
The main character is Matt Ellman, played by Tahmoh Penikett (Battlestar Gallactica, Dollhouse).
when the movie opens, he is a war correspondent living in Singapore.
He is madly in love with his girlfriend Jesse and proposes to her.
Unfortunately, their lives are cut short when a suicide bomber blows them up along with the night club they were at.
Matt awakens in the Riverworld among some of his friends who were in the night club.
However, Jesse is nowhere to be found.
Unlike the others, he has no grail band.
It is soon revealed that there is a civil war among the caretakers.
Each faction selects a number of champions as the caretakers themselves cannot act directly.
These champions are identified by their lack of grail band.
Throughout Matt's journey to be reunited with Jesse, he meets a number of historical figures, some are his friends and some are his enemies.
On the opposing side we meet Richard Burton, the famous explorer, and Francisco Pizarro, the man who conquered the Incas for the Spanish Empire.
Helping Matt are notables such as Sam Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain, and Tomoe Gozen, famed swordwoman of 12th century Japan.
The movie was about on par with other Syfy original movies as far as production quality and acting.
Most of these movies are basically grade B science fiction and fantasy movies, and this one is no exception.
These movies are similar to cult classic science fiction movies of the 60s, but with better special effects, and slightly better acting.
This is a long movie, with a run time of about 3 hours, so a good amount of time should be reserved if one wants to watch it.
At times the plot seems to go a little slow, but some decent action is usually around the corner.
Matt's driving quest to find Jesse gets a little old at times.
Overall, this is a decent movie to Netflix or get from the Redbox.
The story was a bit convoluted for my tastes.
The action and special effects were of about medium quality for today's standards.
It's Geektime gives Riverworld a 6 on the d10 of science fiction movies.
