''The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One'' (also known simply as ''The Osiris Child'' and in Europe as ''Origin Wars'') is a 2016 Australian

science fiction film Science fiction (or sci-fi) is a film genre that uses Speculative fiction, speculative, fictional science-based depictions of phenomena that are not fully accepted by mainstream science, such as Extraterrestrial life in fiction, extraterrestria ...

directed by Shane Abbess and starring

Daniel MacPherson Daniel MacPherson is an Australian actor and television presenter, known for his roles as Joel Samuels in ''Neighbours'', PC Cameron Tait in ''The Bill'', Sergeant Samuel Wyatt in Sky and Cinemax's '' Strike Back'', Whit Carmichael in the ...

Kellan Lutz Kellan Christopher Lutz (born March 15, 1985) is an American actor, martial artist and model. He made his film debut in '' Stick It'' (2006), and is best known for playing Emmett Cullen in ''The Twilight Saga'' film series (2008–2012). He has ...

, and

Rachel Griffiths Rachel Anne Griffiths (born 1968) is an Australian actress. List of awards and nominations received by Rachel Griffiths, Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award, three AACTA Awards, and nominations for an Academy Award and four Primetime Em ...

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

as Sy Lombrok *

as Lieutenant Kane Sommerville *

Isabel Lucas Isabel Lucas (born 29 January 1985) is an Australians, Australian actress, environmentalist and Model (person), model. She is best known for her roles in ''Home and Away'' (2003–06), ''Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' (2009), ''Daybreake ...

as Gyp *

Luke Ford Luke Ford (born 26 March 1981) is a Canadian-Australian actor. His career began in television in 2000 and his first film role was in 2006 before being cast in '' The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'' in 2008. Ford's regular television roles ...

as Bill *

as General Lynex *

Temuera Morrison Temuera Derek Morrison (born 26 December 1960) is a New Zealand actor who first gained recognition in his home country for playing Dr. Hone Ropata on the soap opera ''Shortland Street''. He garnered critical acclaim for starring as Jake "The M ...

as Warden Mourdain *

Teagan Croft Teagan Croft (; born 23 April 2004) is an Australian actress. She appeared as Rachel Azarath / Rachel Roth / White Raven on the DC Universe / HBO Max superhero series ''Titans'' (2018–2023) and portrayed the title character in the 2016 scienc ...

as Indi Sommerville *

Bren Foster Bren Foster (born 2 November 1976) is an Australian actor and martial artist. He is best known for his role in '' The Last Ship'' on TNT. Also had minor role in Last King of the Cross. Foster holds black belts in taekwondo, hapkido, hwarangdo ...

as Charles Kreat * Dwaine Stevenson as The Ragged *

Grace Huang Grace Huang () is a Taiwanese-Australian actress of Cantonese descent, best known for her role as the Gemini Female in the RZA directed martial arts film, ''The Man with the Iron Fists''. Career Huang starred as Mei Chen in the pilot for the ...

as Jandi *

Firass Dirani Firass Dirani (born ) is an Australian film and television actor. Early life and education Firass Dirani was born in Blacktown in western Sydney in and grew up in the suburb of Werrington. He is of Lebanese descent. He worked in his family's ...

as Clarence Carmel * Brendan Clearkin as Bostok Kramer

Production

Shooting took place in

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and

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and

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. 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

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, in

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. It premiered in Australia at the Gold Coast Film Festival on 21 April 2017. Beyond film festivals, the film received a very

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, such as 29 theatre screens in its home country of Australia, and brought in a worldwide gross of at the box office.

Reception

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of ''

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'' 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 The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of new ...

'' criticised the screenplay by Brian Cachia, pointing out that it "lacks novelty, and, occasionally, coherence."

References

External links

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