The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One

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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.

• Kellan Lutz as Sy Lombrok
• Daniel MacPherson as Lieutenant Kane Sommerville
• Isabel Lucas as Gyp
• Luke Ford as Bill
• Rachel Griffiths as General Lynex
• Temuera Morrison as Warden Mourdain
• Teagan Croft as Indi Sommerville
• Bren Foster as Charles Kreat
• Dwaine Stevenson as The Ragged
• Grace Huang as Jandi
• Firass Dirani as Clarence Carmel
• Brendan Clearkin as Bostok Kramer

Shooting took place in Coober Pedy in South Australia and Gladesville and Sydney in New South Wales.^[2] The producers credited include director Shane Abbess and Brian Cachia, with Cachia also composing the music.

The Osiris Child: Science Fiction Volume One had its world premiere in September 2016 at Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas.^[3] It premiered in Australia at the Gold Coast Film Festival on 21 April 2017.^[4] 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 US$135,532 at the box office.^[5]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 60% of 20 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 5.8/10.^[6] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 55 out of 100, based on 5 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.^[7]

Joe Leydon of Variety called it 'serviceable' and 'pulpy' but praised the film for the acting,^[8] while Andy Webster praised the director, Shane Abbess, calling the movie 'delirious, overheated stew.'^[9] Michael Reichshaffen of Los Angeles Times criticised the screenplay by Brian Cachia, pointing out that it "lacks novelty, and, occasionally, coherence."^[10]