A Pandora’s box of plot problems

“Pandorum” stars Dennis Quaid and Ben Foster as two astronauts stuck inside a dying starship in deep space and a plot that dies even quicker.

The ship’s onboard nuclear reactor needs resetting and like any good starship, it must be done manually. Foster can’t remember much, but he does know the ins and outs of the reactor, so Quaid stays back and Foster ventures into the ship, alone of course. 

The film’s opening borrows elements from “Alien” and “Event Horizon”: The hero plods along through dark corridors, surrounded by growls and gasps, with only his flashlight to guide him. 

Then we see the creatures prowling the ship, and the film devolves into a series of increasingly ridiculous fight scenes between the survivors and the monsters.  
Although the film ends with a few smart plot twists, it’s not enough.

After the scene where the monster awkwardly tosses a lead pipe to a survivor before their fight, I pretty much stopped taking “Pandorum” seriously.