Screener Review: ATOMIC EDEN (2016)
Director Nico Sentner‘s efforts in film are well embedded with credits of up to at least ten years of work on both sides of the camera, so his skillset is pretty workable to that effect. However, that doesn’t bode too highly when measuring the shortcomings of an independent production, and so while some titles deserve a curve, it’s a curve to be used with a grain of salt judging by one’s own taste. For this, we get a look at Sentner’s feature debut, Atomic Eden, which mainly rests its laurels of the glory of B-movie action fandom. Actor Fred Williamson leads the film with a story focused on a ragtag team of mercenaries and soldiers who convene at an abandoned Chernobyl mining complex under the orders of their old friend and team leader, Stoker, played by Williamson. Once there, not all the details of the mission are made clear and […]