Dead Space: Downfall
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Dead Space: Downfall is an animated film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

, a prequel to the game Dead Space
Dead Space (video game)
Dead Space is a survival horror third-person shooter video game, developed by EA Redwood Shores for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was made available on Steam on October 20, 2008...

and takes place during the events of Dead Space: Extraction
Dead Space: Extraction
Dead Space: Extraction has received favorable reviews, with an average rating of 82/100 on review aggregator Metacritic. Official Nintendo Magazine awarded the game 84 percent and called it "A first rate introduction to one of the finest survival horror franchises of recent years." The website...

, while the Necromorphs invade the USG Ishimura after it receives the Red Marker. The film, developed by Film Roman
Film Roman
Film Roman is an animation studio founded by Phil Roman, best known for producing the animation for The Simpsons, King of the Hill for 20th Century Fox, as well as the Garfield and Peanuts animated TV specials....

 and EA
Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts, Inc. is a major American developer, marketer, publisher and distributor of video games. Founded and incorporated on May 28, 1982 by Trip Hawkins, the company was a pioneer of the early home computer games industry and was notable for promoting the designers and programmers...

, was released on DVD October 28, 2008 and broadcast on the Syfy
Syfy
Syfy , formerly known as the Sci-Fi Channel and SCI FI, is an American cable television channel featuring science fiction, supernatural, fantasy, reality, paranormal, wrestling, and horror programming. Launched on September 24, 1992, it is part of the entertainment conglomerate NBCUniversal, a...

 Channel on December 2, 2008.

Plot

The film revolves around an alien artifact discovered by colonists on the planet Aegis VII. The artifact is identified as a possible "second Marker" and the colony asks for advice via radio, which prompts the arrival of the mining ship Ishimura.

While the ship approaches, the colony already reports (via radio) "unexplained violence" among colonists. The Marker is brought aboard by order of Captain Mathius. Alissa Vincent (Nika Futterman
Nika Futterman
Nika Futterman is an American actress, singer, voice artist, and comedienne.She did the vocals "Give it to me, baby" in The Offspring hit single "Pretty Fly ."-Animated Series:...

), head of security, demands that Mathius (Jim Cummings
Jim Cummings
James Jonah "Jim" Cummings is an American voice actor who has appeared in almost 100 roles. He has appeared in classic animated movies such as Aladdin and The Lion King, as well as taking on roles in more current films, such as Bee Movie, Princess and the Frog, and Winnie the Pooh.-Personal...

) allow an investigation of the recent outbreak of violence. Mathius remains firm in the belief that nothing is amiss. However, one of the next scenes shows a miner in sickbay, who has killed two of his colleagues, being sedated as he struggles against his restraints and says he wants to be killed.

Meanwhile, on the planet, two miners check an outpost that has gone silent, while the Ishimura brings up a chunk of the planet to mine. The men discover something amiss and one goes in search of his wife, while his partner vanishes during a blackout. In his wife's room, the man sees his beloved, Jen (Lia Sargent
Lia Sargent
Lia Sargent is an American voice actress. She is known for extensive anime and video game voice work and has also done ADR directing and script writing for Animaze.. iNC...

), commit suicide. As the man flees the facility in a shuttle bound for the Ishimura, he is unaware of an alien presence attaching itself to his deceased wife.

The vessel piloted by the surviving miner crashes into the hangar just as he is killed by his mutated wife. Vincent and her team are dispatched to contain the situation but discover nothing aboard the small ship, then depart to find out what caused the crash. Kyne (Keith Szarabajka
Keith Szarabajka
Keith Szarabajka is an American actor and voice artist.-Early life:Szarabajka was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Anne, a school teacher, and Edward Szarabajka, a savings and loan officer....

) suggest they call for help, but Mathius says that Aegis VII is a restricted area and they are not supposed to be there.

Down in the sickbay, the previously sedated man awakens to discover alien creatures mutating the corpses in the morgue, only to be killed. Hostilities begin to break out as members of a religious group, the Unitologists, whom beg for a glimpse of the Marker, a key icon in their belief; however, they are quickly dispersed by engineer Samuel Irons (Kevin Michael Richardson
Kevin Michael Richardson
Kevin Michael Richardson is an American actor and voice actor who currently stars as Cleveland Brown, Jr. in The Cleveland Show...

), a Unitologist himself, who suggests that they should not behave like fanatics.

The situation turns grim throughout the ship as the chaos and body count rise. Heather (Grey DeLisle
Grey DeLisle
Grey DeLisle is an American voice actress, singer-songwriter, and comedienne. To date, she has released four solo albums and has featured on the tribute album Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash and film soundtrack of Loggerheads...

), a young women working on the ship is stalked and is killed after she almost escapes the monsters in the bathroom. Kyne says that the Marker is responsible, but Mathius is in denial because he would have to put the Marker back and face a court martial if the government knew they were in the restricted system. A confrontation between Mathius and Kyne leads to Mathius being accidentally killed by Kyne, who then flees. Things take a turn for the worst as control of the ship itself turns against the crew when the lifeboats are inexplicably launched empty and their communications systems destroyed, making any chance of rescue nonexistent.

Vincent and her team arrive at the morgue where a Necromorph kills a teammate before being dispatched, and they struggle to make their way back to safety, but are confronted by a horde of Necromorphs and some team members die horrifying deaths in the fighting. When it looks like conventional weapons are useless, Samuel Irons arrives on the scene with a mining tool and cuts down the creatures. A member of the team named Hanson (Phil Morris
Phil Morris
Phillip Morris is an American television and movie actor most famous for his portrayal of Jackie Chiles in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld and John Jones in The CW sci-fi series Smallville.-Personal life:...

) goes insane and kills fellow teammate Shen (Kelly Hu
Kelly Hu
Kelly Ann Hu is an American actress and former fashion model. She was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993.-Early life:Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird breeder; the two divorced during...

), ending in Hanson being killed by Ramirez (Hal Sparks
Hal Sparks
Hal Harry Magee Sparks III is an American actor, comedian, musician and television personality. He is known for his contributions to VH1, hosting E!'s Talk Soup, and the role of Michael Novotny on the American television series Queer as Folk.-Early life:Sparks was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but...

). Vincent, Irons, and Ramirez return to the bridge where they learn that the ship is almost entirely overrun; then they discover that Kyne is sabotaging the ship's engines, planning to crash the ship into the planet below in order to scuttle
Scuttle
Scuttle may refer to:*Scuttling, the deliberate sinking of one's own ship*Coal scuttle, a bucket-like container for coal*Shaving scuttle, a teapot-like container for hot water*Scuttle, a fictional character in Disney's The Little Mermaid...

 the ship and destroy the alien outbreak before it could leave the system.

On their way to confront Kyne, Vincent and the others discover survivors being attacked by Necromorphs and go to save them. Using himself as bait, Irons buys time for Vincent and Ramirez to extract the scared crew members before being killed and turned into a Necromorph himself. The survivors are overwhelmed by more Necromorphs and Ramirez sacrifices himself to give Vincent a head start for the control room where Kyne is hiding. Vincent confronts Kyne who claims that his actions were necessary, and steals her weapon as she tries to save the ship, but learns that her efforts were in vain.

Vincent finds herself surrounded by Necromorphs. She then discovers that the creatures cannot come into close proximity with the artifact, realizing what has kept the aliens imprisoned on Aegis VII, but Vincent doesn't care and breaks down. Spurred on by a brief vision of Ramirez, Vincent leaves a video log that details the entire events. She uploads the video log she made to the distress beacon, opens the airlock and activates the distress beacon on a downed shuttle just a few feet from the marker. The distress beacon launches into space and takes Vincent and the Necromorphs with it.

Vincent's body drifts into the infinite
Outer space
Outer space is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles: predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium, as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, and neutrinos....

 as the song Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
"Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a popular English nursery rhyme. The lyrics are from an early nineteenth-century English poem, "The Star" by Jane Taylor. The poem, which is in couplet form, was first published in 1806 in Rhymes for the Nursery, a collection of poems by Taylor and her sister Ann...

plays. The story ends just as the Kellion arrives and prepares to dock on the Ishimura, the beginning of Dead Space
Dead Space (video game)
Dead Space is a survival horror third-person shooter video game, developed by EA Redwood Shores for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The game was made available on Steam on October 20, 2008...

.

Cast

  • Nika Futterman
    Nika Futterman
    Nika Futterman is an American actress, singer, voice artist, and comedienne.She did the vocals "Give it to me, baby" in The Offspring hit single "Pretty Fly ."-Animated Series:...

     - Alissa Vincent
  • Jim Cummings
    Jim Cummings
    James Jonah "Jim" Cummings is an American voice actor who has appeared in almost 100 roles. He has appeared in classic animated movies such as Aladdin and The Lion King, as well as taking on roles in more current films, such as Bee Movie, Princess and the Frog, and Winnie the Pooh.-Personal...

     - Captain Mathius, Farum
  • Hal Sparks
    Hal Sparks
    Hal Harry Magee Sparks III is an American actor, comedian, musician and television personality. He is known for his contributions to VH1, hosting E!'s Talk Soup, and the role of Michael Novotny on the American television series Queer as Folk.-Early life:Sparks was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, but...

     - Ramirez
  • Phil Morris - Hansen, Glenn
  • Kelly Hu
    Kelly Hu
    Kelly Ann Hu is an American actress and former fashion model. She was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993.-Early life:Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird breeder; the two divorced during...

     - Shen
  • Keith Szarabajka
    Keith Szarabajka
    Keith Szarabajka is an American actor and voice artist.-Early life:Szarabajka was born in Oak Park, Illinois, the son of Anne, a school teacher, and Edward Szarabajka, a savings and loan officer....

     - Dr. Terrence Kyne
  • Kevin Michael Richardson
    Kevin Michael Richardson
    Kevin Michael Richardson is an American actor and voice actor who currently stars as Cleveland Brown, Jr. in The Cleveland Show...

     - Samuel Irons, Pendleton, Miner
  • Jeff Bennett
    Jeff Bennett
    Jeffrey Glenn "Jeff" Bennett is an American voice actor and musician, listed "among the top names in the voice-over field", best known as the voice of Johnny Bravo in the series of the same name...

     - Leggio, Dobbs, Jackson
  • Grey DeLisle
    Grey DeLisle
    Grey DeLisle is an American voice actress, singer-songwriter, and comedienne. To date, she has released four solo albums and has featured on the tribute album Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash and film soundtrack of Loggerheads...

     - Heather, Donna Fawkes
  • Bruce Boxleitner
    Bruce Boxleitner
    Bruce William Boxleitner is an American actor, and science fiction and suspense writer. He is known for his leading roles in the television series How the West Was Won, Bring 'Em Back Alive, Scarecrow and Mrs. King , and Babylon 5...

     - Colin Barrow
  • Lia Sargent
    Lia Sargent
    Lia Sargent is an American voice actress. She is known for extensive anime and video game voice work and has also done ADR directing and script writing for Animaze.. iNC...

     - Jen Barrow, Walla/ADR 1
  • Maurice LaMarche
    Maurice LaMarche
    Maurice LaMarche is an Emmy Award winning Canadian-American voice actor and former stand up comedian. He is best known for his voicework in Futurama as Kif Kroker, as Egon Spengler in The Real Ghostbusters, Verminous Skumm and Duke Nukem in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Big Bob Pataki in Hey...

     - White, Bavaro
  • Bob Neill - Cartusian, Walla/ADR 2
  • Jim Piddock
    Jim Piddock
    James Anthony "Jim" Piddock is an English actor, writer, and producer who began his career on the stage in England, before emigrating to the U.S. in 1981.-Life and career:...

     - Chic
  • Shelly O'Neill - Walla/ADR 5
  • Kirk Baily - Walla/ADR 4
  • David Allen Kramer - Walla/ADR 3

Sequel

A second film based on the Dead Space
Dead Space (series)
Dead Space is a media franchise created by Glen Schofield, developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts. The franchise centers on a series of video games of the survival horror and third-person shooter genres, and also includes two motion pictures and a comic book series, with more...

franchise has been released. Dead Space: Aftermath
Dead Space: Aftermath
Dead Space: Aftermath is an animated film that bridges the storyline between Dead Space and Dead Space 2.-Plot:When contact with the USG Ishimura and the Aegis VII colony is lost, the Concordance Extraction Corporation sends the ship USG O'Bannon to investigate...

was released on January 25th, 2011, alongside Dead Space 2
Dead Space 2
Dead Space 2 is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It is the sequel to Dead Space. Unlike its predecessor, Dead Space 2 has a multiplayer mode. A Collector's Edition is...

.

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