Europa Report (2013)

An international crew of astronauts undertakes a privately funded mission to search for life on Jupiter's fourth largest moon.

Director:

Sebastián Cordero

Writer:

Philip Gelatt

Stars:

Sharlto Copley, Michael Nyqvist, Christian Camargo

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Daniel Wu	...	William Xu
Sharlto Copley	...	James Corrigan
Christian Camargo	...	Daniel Luxembourg
Karolina Wydra	...	Katya Petrovna
Michael Nyqvist	...	Andrei Blok
Anamaria Marinca	...	Rosa Dasque
Embeth Davidtz	...	Dr. Unger
Isiah Whitlock Jr.	...	Dr. Tarik Pamuk
Dan Fogler	...	Dr. Sokolov

Storyline

Europa, Jupiter's moon is known to have potential to support life. Hence a manned mission is sent to Europa to search for data proving existence of life there. "Europa report" shows the difficult choices and sacrifices the crew has to make to fulfill their objective of sending valuable data to Earth for research.

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Plot Keywords:

found footage | space exploration | europa | jupiter | spacewalk | 

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Taglines:

Fear. Sacrifice. Contact.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action and peril

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sharlto Copley had the principal role in the Neill Blomkamp District 9 movie which was also filmed like a documentary.

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Goofs

The surname of the Russian engineer is Blok, which is not Russian, but a surname of a Russian poet "Alexander Blok" (of foreign origin), unless of course the flight engineer is related to the poet.

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Quotes

James Corrigan: [first lines]
James Corrigan: Hey, everybody. Space is great, um... I miss you guys. We're a long way away now. I can't even see, uh, I can't even see Earth anymore.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Movies That Will Make You TERRIFIED of Space (2017)

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Soundtracks

Lonely Woman
Written by Bear McCreary
Performed by Brendan McCreary

User Reviews

Better than the other reviews would let on

I liked this movie. It was a good sci-fi flick, but based in a believable near-future world. The voyage is captured by stationary cameras throughout the ship and a story is patched together from them. The acting was very good. There admittedly wasn't much in the way of character development, but I didn't notice it. The whole film I was hoping the story would move forward faster and faster to the end, to find out what, if anything, was discovered, and the fate of the crew.

Mostly what I liked about it was that it wasn't over-the-top storytelling, nor was it over-the-top with special effects. It used them only to tell the story that needed to be told and weren't overused. One reviewer chastised the special effects as being poor, but I disagree. They were believable. Bad is the crap they make for the Science Fiction Channel.

This movie may not appeal to everyone precisely because it's not over-the-top. It was simple, with building tension throughout the film and a good ending. There weren't monsters and aliens everywhere, there was a distinct Hitchcocian feel to it.

Very good; well worth watching.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English Russian Chinese

Release Date:

27 June 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Europa

Filming Locations:

Cine Magic Studios, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$22,243, 4 August 2013

Gross USA:

$125,687

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$125,687

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wayfare Entertainment, Misher Films, Start Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min 97 min (Extended Version)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1