The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One


The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One is a 2016 Australian science fiction film directed by Shane Abbess and starring Daniel MacPherson, Kellan Lutz, and Rachel Griffiths.

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 extra-terrestrial future – as they search for Kane's young daughter Indi before disaster strikes.

Cast

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 at the box office.

Reception

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."