I.S.S.

"A little too tethered to convention to ever really blast off."

"Works just fine as the sort of high-concept B-movie that used to be a mainstay of double features."

"Never quite charismatic enough to fulfill its '80s blockbuster potential."

"Trim, concise and respectable, and it has an appealing cast."

"A decently gripping mix of human nature and atomic annihilation."

"(It's) in such a rush to get to the bloodshed, deception, and panic that most of the fertile ground of its premise goes unexplored."

"Mostly sticks the landing."

"Injects enough narrative surprises and well-staged standoffs to keep you entertained throughout."

"Cowperthwaite... skillfully grounds the somewhat far-fetched goings-on in the divisiveness of the real world."

"Consistently watchable and sometimes tense but, despite some twists, largely unsurprising."

"Unsure of what it wants to be and what it wants to say, but it’s worth the voyage regardless."

"An intriguing premise that I.S.S. can’t translate into a coherent thriller."

"Devolves into a formulaic space thriller."

"Ao dumb that it has tricked itself into thinking it is smart enough to be self-knowingly stupid."

"(The) reveals always feel like a grinding narrative contrivance rather than a legitimate surprise."

"An efficient thrill ride."

"Forgoes developing its intriguing premise to focus on cheap, failed attempts to thrill."

"(Operates) at the edges of a good movie without reaching that orbit."

"Cowperthwaite orchestrates... Shafir's fantastic script and deftly on-the-ball players to uniquely jolting effect."

"A lack of character complexity and a succession of illogical decisions."

"Fairly ordinary ."