While we’re comparing Aftermath to its predecessor, it’s also worth mentioning how the pacing is wildly different. Some portions look vastly better than others, but none of them is long enough for it to really become an issue. I was worried this format may come across as somewhat schizophrenic, but it actually worked out as one of the stronger elements of the film, providing a range of interesting aesthetics while adding a strong sense of separation between each character’s versions of events. Rather, the portions set aboard the Braxus are presented in an (admittedly crude) CG rendering, while each individual flashback plays out in a different artistic style. Unlike Downfall, the first Dead Space movie experience, Aftermath doesn’t rely on a single, comic book-style of art and animation. It quickly becomes apparent that all is not what it seems, and a pair of interrogators is brought in to decipher the happenings aboard the O’Bannon before the Braxus reaches the Sprawl. The group is quickly incapacitated and transported to the Marine battleship Braxus, which is on its way to the Sprawl – a huge space station built on Titan (one of the moons of Saturn) and also the setting for the Dead Space 2 video game. I don’t, however, recommend playing it during Dead Space: Aftermath, the second full-length animated movie in the ever-popular Dead Space multimedia universe, because it throws a curveball right from the start by opening with the survivors of its disaster being rescued.Īs marines board the deserted, carnage-strewn corridors of the USG O’Bannon, we’re introduced to the four mismatched individuals who will function as our principle characters: Nicholas Kuttner, head of security Alejandro Borgas, an engineer Isabella Cho, a doctor and Nolan Stross, the ship’s chief science officer. It’s a lot of fun and I highly recommend it.

Whenever I watch a horror film, I like to play a little game. The objective is to guess how and when each of the characters are going to get killed off, and the number of correct answers you manage to rack up determines how smug you’re allowed to be with your girlfriend when she inevitably doesn’t do as well.

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