Written By: Ken HulseySources: Avery Guerra / IMDB / Youtube / Enigma Website
As most of you know, despite the fact that I spend a lot of time writing about horror films, my true passion is for pure sci fi, as someone who grew up in the 'Star Trek', and later, 'Star Wars' generations, I love movies and TV series with cool spaceships and the Shumway Brother's (Jason & Matt) looks like just my cup of tea.
I'm always amazed at how much CGI technology has been able to bring independent films to the next level effects wise. A perfect example is the opening sequence to "Enigma" (See Clip Below), I was truly blown away at the combination of live actors perfectly composited with computer generated space ships and city scapes. I honestly don't want to give the production team huge egos, but the sequence looks to be on a close level with that seen in the 'Star Wars' prequels.
Look at the clip and judge for yourself.
"Enigma" was both written and directed by Jason & Matt Shumway who both have an extensive resume of TV productions under their belt, including work on several episodes of "E! True Hollywood Story" and "101 Craziest TV Moments".
The cast of the film includes Ventura Alvarez (Hollywood Gothic), Rachel Balzer (Zombie Farm), James Bell (Enigma is his film debut), Iris Corliss (The Stalker Within) and Brian DeCato (The Guardian).
It is also important to note that "Enigma" recently won the 'Audience Award' at the 'Dances With Films' festival in Los Angeles.
Here's the plot:
Floating dead in space, transport ship Genesis becomes an unsolvable mystery. All hands on board have been killed. What began as a simple transport mission for the crew of the Genesis, ends with not only their bloodshed, but the loss of an important military prisoner. The people of earth are in a time of crisis. They are waging war against a far superior opponent, an alien race called the Cnidarians. After a bloody assault on a military ship, the Vendetta, USSM special forces were able to capture their first Cnidarian prisoner, code named 71099. But commonly known through out the fleet as Ediolon, the phantom. Realizing that a military transport would be too obvious of a target to their enemy, the USSM enlisted the freelance ship Genesis, commanded by Nathaniel J Rhys to secretly transport the prisoner to the high security prison located on Mars' moon Demos. The ship never arrived. General Rothman immediately launches an investigation team, and is determined to get to the bottom of this mystery, for one of the dead was his niece, Kyleigh. He will not let her death be in vain. Even with all its efforts, what happened on this voyage is unclear to the investigation team. All are dead, but how, and why? Has earth lost its chance take an advantage in their losing war? Watch closely and see if you can discover the enigma of this doomed mission.
"Enigma" is presently making the 'festival' circuit. Here are some locations where it will screen over the next few months:
Sept. 30- Oct 4th, 2009: North Hollywood, CA **Time TBD**
Valley Film Festival
Sept. 26-27th, 2009: Modesto, CA **Time TBD**
Shockerfest International Film Festival
Sept. 10-12th, 2009: 1pm Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Century City, CA
Cinema City International Film Festival
Sept. 6th, 2009: 8:30pm Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, GA
Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival
Thanks for the nice write up on our film!
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