- Also known as:
- Unknown
- Year:
- 2013
- Countries:
- UK
- Predominant Genre:
- Science-Fiction
- Best Performance(s):
- None
- Plot:
- On a seemingly-routine space walk, disaster strikes.
- Theme(s):
- Personal change
- Similar To (in Plot, Theme or Style):
- Apollo 13
- Marooned
- Review Format:
- DVD
Kessler Syndrome
Would-be thriller trivializesing the grandeur of Earth orbit with a characterless melodrama; lacking both political and existential depth. The actors have nothing to do but utter banal dialogue - the soulless automata the director thinks people are inside. The special effects are great but what happened to the rich human drama that any kind of exploration and resultant tragedy implies?
Clearly, the world of such marketing exercises as 3D and IMAX (like 3D & Cinerama before them) are the preferred audience here, where the visuals do not merely support the telling of the story - they are the story.
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