After surviving a skirmish, Jason meets Reyna, a gorgeous android who forms an unlikely bond with Jason and over the course of their exile on this barren planet, must learn to co-exist, cope with the elements, and survive to see a rescue. But all is not as it seems once Reyna begins to teach Jason how to survive, and this is where Conway is able to completely surprise his audience. "Exile" is a much more intelligent combat based genre offering that takes its time telling a well paced story. And within this time frame of a decent eighty minutes, Conway manages to competently extrapolate on characters and back story, while delivering the final blow that is brilliantly unfolded for the audience. "Exile" attempts to be much more than an indie science fiction actioner, it aims for deep believable characters and logical motivations with a twist that focuses on the hidden menaces that can appear from the shadows.

One of the more puzzling aspects is Reyna's ultimate motivation. There's never too much explanation for what she was trying to accomplish. Was she just functioning so well she was aggressive? Did she form an honest love for Jason, or was she merely keeping him as a possession to keep herself preserved and alive for as long as she could? Did she ever really form admiration and love for him? And did she kill her original owner? Did she also dominate him for self-preservation? Why if it was stated that he willingly kept her alive through his presence? Beyond that while the CGI is admirable implemented for the purposes of compelling audiences, it's a distracting device in the story and stands out considerably from the overall story. I never understood why the entire rivalry between planets had to be so absolutely emphasized when much more ambiguity would have worked for the story's impact.