Sunshine may be the best and brightest sci-fi film we've seen in a while.
Written by Alex Garland (The Beach) and directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later), it tells a gripping futuristic tale of a group of astronauts and scientists venturing to our dying sun to help resuscitate it. Along the way, the space crew receives a strange signal from another spaceship that was long thought to have disappeared. They decide to reroute their flight, and the consequences are tragic...
The plot may seem a little "been there, seen that", but watching it feels anything but. There are enough tension and surprises to keep you at the edge of your seat throughout its 108-minute running time. And the cast which includes Michelle Yeoh, studmuffin Chris Evans (from Fantastic Four) and Hiroyuki Sanada (from The Ring) is uniformly watchable and appealing.
British director Danny Boyle has once again made a terrific thrill-ride on a relatively small budget, putting to shame all the bloated Hollywood sci-fi films like that The Island and Red Planet that don't come anywhere close to being this entertaining.
Trust us this is worth your money.
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