Astronaut Sam Bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his three-year stint on the Moon, where he, working alongside his computer, GERTY, sends back to Earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planet's power problems.
Director:
Duncan Jones
Stars:
Sam Rockwell,
Kevin Spacey,
Dominique McElligott
Two crew members of a spaceship wake up from hypersleep to discover that all their colleagues are missing. Despite this, it appears that they are not alone.
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.Written by
harpster_2004@yahoo.co.uk
This is the second film titled 'Sunshine' to feature actor Mark Strong, after 1999's Sunshine (1999). See more »
Goofs
(at around 29 mins) As the crew attempts to rotate the shield to repair it, there is an argument that they would lose com towers 3 and 4, which they say would need on the way home. However, many shots including the simulation of payload delivery reveal that the Icarus' small shield which is supposed to protect Icarus after the payload is detached, just isn't wide enough to protect those towers at all, so they would've lost them anyway. It is even questionable, whether this shield would be capable of protecting the Icarus itself after detaching the payload with the large shield and at that close distance from the sun. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Capa:
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.
[long pause]
Capa:
Eight astronauts strapped to the back of a bomb. My bomb. Welcome to the Icarus Two.
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Crazy Credits
The Fox Searchlight logo runs backwards at the beginning of the film, then zooms into the setting sun, which then turns out to be the Icarus II. See more »
Boyle's attempt at 2001 succeeds in atmosphere but fails in execution. The movie is stunning to watch, but the dialog and performances are blunt and stilted reducing what would have been a stellar (pun intended) movie otherwise! Chris Evans and Cillian Murphy don't particularly add to the cast but don't detract from it with their since attained star power. Worth a watch!
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Boyle's attempt at 2001 succeeds in atmosphere but fails in execution. The movie is stunning to watch, but the dialog and performances are blunt and stilted reducing what would have been a stellar (pun intended) movie otherwise! Chris Evans and Cillian Murphy don't particularly add to the cast but don't detract from it with their since attained star power. Worth a watch!