Sunshine (2007)

Release date: 2007-04-05
Country: UK|USA
Language: English
Director: Danny Boyle
Production Co: DNA Films, Ingenious Film Partners, Moving Picture Company (MPC)
Genre: Thriller, Science Fiction
Rating: 7.2/10
Length: 1h 47min

Storyline

50 years into the future, the Sun begins to die, and Earth is dying as a result. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun - but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind's last hope.

Plot Keywords

spacecraft, sun, spaceship, cult film, bare chested male, surprise ending, original story, end of the world, sabotage, claustrophobia, astronaut, mission, self sacrifice, exploding ship, burned to death, blood, physics, suicide, wrist slitting, stabbed in the back

Short Review

The human interaction and tension works, how every single member can be sacrificed for the larger good of the humankind. But the acting is uniformly dull, the cast is deadpan, poker-faced and robotic at best.