The Planet (2006) (V)

Director:

Mark Stirton

Writer:

Mark Stirton (screenplay)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Save Our Souls

Plot:

The Planet concerns a group of shipwrecked mercenaries and their struggle for survival on an alien world. A world where death is only the beginning.

Plot Keywords:

The Planet

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Mike Mitchell	...	Captain Morgan
Patrick Wight	...	McNeal
Scott Ironside	...	Vince
Shawn Paul Hastings	...	Leyton
Steve Tomas	...	Marsh
Tim Branston	...	Mitch
Ashley Branston	...	The Kid
Michael Grant Clark	...	Taylor
Graham Robertson	...	Williams
Colin Morrison	...	The Prisoner
Mark Wyness	...	Daak
Alexander Allan	...	Sandy
Nicky Fraser	...	Computer (voice)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence.

Runtime:

UK:71 min (DVD version)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Color (MiniDV)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (original mix)

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Company:

Stirton Productions

Trivia:

During filming two things were broken by the same person, one was Mike Mitchell's quad bike, the other was Mike Mitchell's toe. The producer and Taylor character, Michael G. Clark, crashed the quad bike by hitting the only mound of earth in the area. And Mike Mitchell broke his toe while kicking Taylor's stand in - a bag of soup tins.

Sheer Brilliance

Got this the other day from the Creators on DVD. I saw this advertised in a free magazine whilst family were stopping in a hotel, had never heard anything about it. After reading it was filmed on Balmedie beach i just had to buy it. I used to take the kids to the dunes in the film all the time whilst living in Aberdeen.

1st off Im not a big Sci-Fi fan (baring Star Wars) I was really just wanting to see what they had done with this film location, I was presently surprised. This didn't turn out to be a standard Sci-Fi, more like a mix of sci-fi and survival horror.

Had a good storyline, which was different, had great special effects for the budget that it was produced with £8000. Acting was better than average for a low budget film. The way they have edited out the whole coastline to make it feel like the dry desert planet that they are on was nice.

Weapons in the film were realistic and the creatures were cool kinda like predator in invisibe mode.

All in all I will buy any future releases from these guys, maybe a all out horror next (Hint Hint). The extras on the DVD were very informative on giving background for the producers, I would like to see some of them shorts included as extras on a next DVD release.

Excellent work keep it up