Beyond the Edge 2016

It may be a turkey, but this tale of space madness is actually kind of interesting. Two men are on a mission to reach the end of the universe. That can't end well, can it? Pretty early into the movie, Casper Van Dien dies in a freak accident, so it's only one guy left to carry on, and what happens next gets pretty confusing.

The story is non-linear, so Casper is still in a lot of it (thank God). It chronicles the beginning of their mission, as overseen by a scientist played by Adrienne Barbeau, leading up to the days of the accident, and then somewhat beyond that. But not really beyond it. Perhaps parallel to it?

It's a bit of a mind fuck, but it's also kind of funny. It reminds me of Carpenter's Dark Star in ways, only with higher production values and no beach-ball alien. The ending is a bit cerebral, so I had to look up the interpretations of it, but whatever. Probably ought to be rated a bit higher than it is.

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