Color me surprised. When I saw the trailer for Danny Boyle’s “Sunshine”, I thought it would be a slow-paced psychological thriller about astronauts trapped in a spaceship on a doomed mission. I guess I was expecting something contemplative, moody, slow moving. I certainly wasn’t expecting a movie with “fast-paced action and thrills. After a slow start, the action truly kicks off and the audience is in for quite a thrill-ride thanks to some eye-popping special effects and fantastic sound design,” according to a review at the SciFiMoviePage. Go figure. I was expecting something like Soderbergh’s “Solaris”, when what’s in store is something like “Event Horizon”.
There’s even something of a SPOILER about the third act, which according to the reviewer, “the plot takes an inexplicable turn into slasher territory, an act that reeks of either desperation by the screenwriter or interference by ignorant producers.” Wow.
Then again, with Cillian Murphy and his creepy eyes in the case…
Cillian Murphy — creepy sci-fi slasher guy?
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