Sunshine is a great movie that not many people have seen. It was released in 2007 and directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours). It is set 50 years in the future, and is a tense, well-acted movie.
The first lines of the movie sum up the plot:
Our sun is dying. Mankind faces extinction. Seven years ago the Icarus project sent a mission to restart the sun but that mission was lost before it reached the star. Sixteen months ago, I, Robert Capa, and a crew of seven left earth frozen in a solar winter. Our payload a stellar bomb with a mass equivalent to Manhattan Island. Our purpose to create a star within a star.The beginning of Sunshine is a mix of amazing shots of space and the men and women on the Icarus II interacting and dealing with decisions they made. The whole cast is great (Cillian Murphy, Michelle Yeoh, Rose Byrne), and it's interesting to watch how each astronaut handles the various pressures of the mission.
The action really starts when they realize that they will be passing by the original Icarus project that failed. Should they go off their current course and examine the remains of the Icarus project?
I loved this movie because it really examines the mindset of the characters who are in a situation where every decision they make is huge. There are unforeseen consequences, leading to the end, which honestly is a little crazy. Still, this is a great movie.
Here's the trailer:
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