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CST Saban Films presents a film directed by Edward Drake and written by Drake and Corey Large. Rated R (for language including some sexual references and violence). Running time: 90 minutes. Available now on demand. Not that Willis should take all of the blame for this cheap-looking, patently absurd, intellectually lazy and laughably pretentious intergalactic sci-fi nonsense from director and co-writer Edward Drake, who co-wrote the equally forgettable Willis-starring space thriller “Breach” from 2020. (Some end-of-days, sci-fi filmmaking matches are made somewhere outside of heaven.) While Drake clearly has some big ideas and shows flashes of talent here and there, “Cosmic Sin” has a murky look, poorly drawn characters and some of the clunkiest dialogue of the year. The end result comes across as a lesser episode of “The Twilight Zone” or “Star Trek” with more explosions. ....
Cosmic Sin is a movie measurable by its withouts. Without any sense of humor, adventure, or irony. Without any devotion to imagining an Earth that is tangibly different in 2524, the year the film is set. Without any effort at all exhibited by costar Bruce Willis, whose customary late-career lack of interest in his own film work reaches a new zenith here. And without nearly enough Frank Grillo! Our current B-movie king is the second floating head on this film’s poster, but that’s an unfortunate clue for how Grillo spends most of Cosmic Sin, which is isolated in space, away from all the other characters. Among an array of indeterminable filmmaking choices made by director Edward Drake, sidelining Grillo in favor of Willis might be the worst one. ....