The first fantasy movie that we watched set the standard for "B" movies for the rest of our podcast.

Produced by Arrowstorm Entertainment and directed by Anne K. Black, Mythica: A Quest for Heroes managed to create and nurture a fantasy world that has spawned four sequels with another on the way.

Melanie Stone plays Marek, a slave girl cursed with an injured leg and a desire to become a wizard. Her first task is to gather a band of heroes - an ensemble of typical fantasy tropes that nonetheless bring a lot of character and heart to the story.

Some mediocre CGI aside, this movie is able to do something that very few low budget sci-fi/fantasy movies have managed to accomplish: tell an encapsulating story worth watching. I highly recommend this film and its sequels.

Worth the price of subscription.

- Chris of the Sci-Fi Wise Guys.

Code 8 is a movie about people with superhuman abilities and how they function as an oppressed minority in modern society. Witnessing these people with what we would consider extraordinary abilities struggling to find jobs in a world designed to oppress them really shines a light on how immigrants and other under-represented people are treated in the real world.

Robbie and Stephen Amell star in this indie film funded in part by Indiegogo. It provides 100 minutes of tight, well-crafted story that while slightly derivative is still presented in an original way. Code 8 presents a world where the X-Men and other "mutants" might experience life.

Connor (Robbie Amell) is a class 5 electric and is weighed down by his father's past crimes. He struggles to deal with a system and authorities that assume he will be just like his father. Desperate and suffering, the walls start to close in on Connor as he descends into the criminal underground.

Worth the price of subscription.

- Chris from the Sci-Fi Wise Guys

This was the first movie that we decided to review for our podcast and it's about time I did the written review. This movie's got some real problems, but at the same time does a lot of things really well.

Let's start with the cast. They are all fine actors who I think do a really great job of playing their characters, but I think the characters themselves are the issue. Captain John is arguably the worst captain I have ever seen in a movie. He has zero control over his crew and never once takes preemptive action when it could prevent a massive issue. He allows his lover/engineer to become an addict, he does not try to curb his doctor's inevitable spiral into nihilism, and he seems to let the ship fall apart around him.

In terms of the director, John Suits, I love what he manages to do with a small budget. His ability to make a set really work with a minimal amount of CGI and the practical effects we get to see are more than adequate. I think the direction itself might be an issue, but if you have ever seen any of his other movies I believe he has interesting ideas and methods.

I think it runs a little long at 91 minutes, but it does seem to drag in the second half despite being relatively action-packed.

This movie was watched on Netflix in May/June of 2020.

Not worth the price of subscription.

- Chris of the Sci-Fi Wise Guys