"Sunshine"

Well it has been a while since I’ve been able to review a good Sci-Fi movie, but I did find one. “Sunshine” has been out for a while, but I just recently got a chance to check it out, and what a pleasant surprise it was. If you are a Sci-Fi fan like myself, and have not seen this yet, I highly recommend it.

Hollywood has come up with thousands of ways to destroy all mankind, and yet some how always manage a way to save it, and while this story shadows that very premise, it is a little different, and that little difference is what makes it good watch.

The basic sustaining source of all life as we know it is our Sun. We are set perfectly in the solar system to where the Sun warms the planet, and allows plant life to grow, which is pretty much the basis of all life. In Sunshine, the Sun is dying. I don’t specifically remember the reason as to why it is dying, or even if they said why, but obviously without the Sun, Earth would cease to have life on it. Scientists figure out a way to rejuvenate the Sun, and send a space ship that has a payload of some form of “Fix it’ called Icarus. Earth loses communication with Icuras, and it is presumed lost, so they send Icuras 2, which is where the story begins.

As with all good Sci-Fi movies, everything that can possibly go wrong eventually does and the crew is left scrambling to some how find a way to save the mission, and of course save humanity as we know it. The Crew has too many actors to list on here, but they are some folks that you would definitely recognize from other projects, and they all do a fantastic job interacting with each other through thick and thin during the mission.

While all these things mentioned already help this movie along, I think the best part of this movie is its realism. Being a fan of N.A.S.A. and Space travel as it progresses in real life, I very much enjoyed how true to life they made things look and feel. If you have ever watched any of the shows about our planned trip to Mars, you automatically get the feeling when watching this movie, that serious planning was involved with every tiny detail to make it as realistic as possible. This is what made the movie a large notch above just your typical run of the mill Sci-fi flick. I also enjoyed the “2001 a space odyssey” type vibe I got throughout the entire film. There is this very tangible feeling of doom waiting around each corner if just the slightest thing goes wrong, along with this deep sense of un-knowing as the crew gets closer and closer to its destination. There is a hundred different twists and turns as the story unfolds, and I’m not about to ruin even a single one more then what I’ve already disclosed earlier, you will just have to watch it and see for yourself.

My rating for this movie is 8.5 out of 10.00