Overview: A mysterious black sphere is discovered in the orbit of Mars. The Achilles is sent to investigate. After the bedraggled six-person crew wake from eight months hibernation, the Sphere is transmitting a single word in every Earth language ever known - Deus.

DVD Verdict: In what was a rather wondrous, albeit B-Movie-esque new film from director Steve Stone, Deus is chock full of everything that is great about these kinds of low budget Sci-Fi movies.

Eager performances, clichéd, but beloved patches of dialogues, comically-enthralled reactions, indeed the whole gamut of actors wringing the best out of the script and their performances are, and thankfully, on show here.

Embedded, of course, with the Sci-Fi world from moment number one onward, Deus - complete with three quality actors in Claudia Black (Farscape), David O’Hara (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) and Britain’s beloved Phil Davis (Quadrophenia) - moves briskly forward at all times, never dropping the plot ball and always ensuring that the viewer is taking the next precarious move on the journey with them.

Aligned with some seriously great lighting and visual effects, sure, ok, the film hints at the brilliant Event Horizon, but that’s what newer films do all day every day these days (just like it is also done, and perhaps more openly, within the music industry).

Inclusive of shards of novel originality and also coming complete with some rather endearing qualities throughout, I personally really enjoyed Deus, and as much as there are some obvious plot holes floating around throughout it, you kind of allow them to just drift off as you yourself get deeper into the tense mystery with the cast. This is a Widescreen Presentation (2.39:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

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