The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One (also known simply as The Osiris Child and in Europe as Origin Wars) is a 2016 Australian science fiction film directed by Shane Abbess and starring Daniel MacPherson, Kellan Lutz, and Rachel Griffiths.
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Premise
Sy Lombrok, a former nurse, is thrown together with Kane Sommerville, a lieutenant who works for Exor – an off-earth military contract company in humanity's extraterrestrial future – as they search for Kane's young daughter Indi before disaster strikes.
Cast
Kellan Lutz as Sy Lombrok
Daniel MacPherson as Lieutenant Kane Sommerville
Isabel Lucas as Gyp
Luke Ford as Bill
Rachel Griffiths as General Lynex
Temuera Morrison as Warden Mourdain
Teagan Croft as Indi Sommerville
Bren Foster as Charles Kreat
Dwaine Stevenson as The Ragged
Grace Huang as Jandi
Firass Dirani as Clarence Carmel
Bianca Bradey as Shae Holliday
Brendan Clearkin as Bostok Kramer
Production
Shooting took place in Coober Pedy in South Australia and Gladesville and Sydney in New South Wales. The producers credited include director Shane Abbess and Brian Cachia, with Cachia also composing the music.
Release
The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One had its world premiere in September 2016 at Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas. It premiered in Australia at the Gold Coast Film Festival on 21 April 2017. Beyond film festivals, the film received a very limited release, such as 29 theatre screens in its home country of Australia, and brought in a worldwide gross of US$135,532 at the box office.
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 60% of 20 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
Joe Leydon of Variety called it 'serviceable' and 'pulpy' but praised the film for the acting, while Andy Webster praised the director, Shane Abbess, calling the movie 'delirious, overheated stew.' Michael Reichshaffen of Los Angeles Times criticised the screenplay by Brian Cachia, pointing out that it "lacks novelty, and, occasionally, coherence."
