15 Massively Underrated Movies From The 2000s

9. Pandorum

pandorum Maybe it's my infatuation with all things sci-fi related but Pandorum seems to be one of the most unfairly maligned films of recent years. It has an obscenely bad 28% on Rotten Tomatoes despite an excellent cast, intriguing premise, great sets, and memorable monsters. The crew of a seemingly abandoned spacecraft awaken without remembering who they are or what exactly their mission is. One of them, Corporal Bower, goes out to investigate the ship only to find it nearly overrun by a devolved form of humanoids. He meets a few passengers still fully human and they being to discover the dark secret of their ship. Again, Pandorum is not a great film by any means but I have no idea why it was as poorly received as it was. It is solid in nearly every respect, and gets very good performances from the principle actors including a notably good one from Dennis Quaid. The most common criticism I can find is that Pandorum is not particularly original and to be honest it really isn't. It draws from many sci-fi films such as Alien but regardless, it still manages to stand on its own as a perfectly fun popcorn movie.
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