SUNSHINE Film Review - 8/7/07

Had been interested in seeing this film and although rather plodding it is actually quite intense in places. With a fairly international casting list with people like Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, Chris Evans (Who plays his character of Mace so well you would entirely forget his Johnny Storm character from the dire "Fantastic Four" films) and Cillian Murphy as Capa who is more or less the lead we delve into the psyche. The crew onboard the Icarus starship (More or less a floating bomb in space) is following up a previous failed attempt to re-ignite our dying sun and 55 million miles from Earth things are starting to go wrong. Throughout the claustrophobic film we get a spiritual or even a vague mysticism thread that makes you question entirely what is happening or going on. Madness sets in amongst the crew as they desperately attempt to complete their mission against fairly overwhelming odds until they come across the Icarus One mission and then the madness really strikes when an unknown presence targets the surviving crew. Whether we see God at the final moments or we see human nature sets you thinking and the final few minutes of the film make chilling viewing.