Just discovered this and figured I would comment. All the technical aspects of this are great and definitely go a long way towards proving that Metroid could be one of those video game franchises that's really well suited for the movies if someone ever decided to do it. The look, the sound, the atmosphere, even the editing in general, all that is fantastic. Unfortunately after that it all goes downhill. As is the case with most fan films in my opinion the writing and the acting in this are abysmal. And as someone who's a fan of the old Metroid games, going back to the original Nintendo, I can't stand the fact that the more "complex" people try to make Samus as a character the weaker and more cliche she seems to become. I don't know why writers insist on taking a badass bounty hunter and turning her into some kind of weak, scared damsel barely capable of handling her situation. This is less egregious an example than, say, Other M, but the underlining characterization of that game is still present here. To my mind Samus is basically a female Boba Fett, not some panicky blue eyed blonde who seems constantly terrified. And I guess if I had my druthers I'd rather an on screen Samus that never takes off her suit, as well, ala Dredd.
I guess at the end of the day in my opinion some things are just better when they're kept very simple.