I originally posted this review on Reddit last night. Thought I'd share here for those interested:

So, a bit of context, I went and saw the movie tonight because my daughter was looking forward to it and we got tickets for her something like a month ago when we found out it was going to be showing in town. I honestly have no idea who Markiplier is or what he does aside from being a streamer. Personally, I'm not into streamers. 99.9% of it just doesn't appeal to me one bit. So, I went for my daughter and to give the film a chance without any prior bias really except, I'm not a fan of streamers.

The above said, the movie takes on the the Blair Witch Project approach to filming and, in my opinion, does a really good job to tell a story. The first hour is slow, maybe a bit too slow because I almost nodded off, but the second half made up for it. I have to give Markiplier a lot of credit for pulling off an entire movie's worth of script, something most A-listers wouldn't even try. In addition, it's all done in the limited space of contained oversized beer can of a submarine ship. Without giving away the plot, Markiplier did a convincing job as an actor, and I did get into the story. The buckets of blood probably got the gore vote the most, but, honestly, the mechanics of the ship and film environment was quite a bit of work.

There was a tremendous amount of time spent on film camera angles, shots, lighting, coloring and grittiness in the film as well. I'm the kind of guy who thinks the zenith of sci-fi adult story-telling was in the original Blade Runner movie. While there's no comparison here, Iron Lung is definitely worth taking the time to watch, and I give kudos to Markiplier for pulling it off. I was expecting a B-rate disappointment, the kind you see shuffling through the crap on a bad night looking for something to watch on Amazon Prime. Instead, I really enjoyed a good night at the movies with my daughter. Thank you.

WinterYeti