Europa Report was
beautiful Science Fiction. Stunning
visuals and good acting propel this 90 minute space adventure further than
other recent Sci-Fi films. Feeling more
like the film adaptation of a Sci-Fi novel, many people may find the plot a bit
slow because it certainly isn’t an explosion packed, action thriller. However, overall the film feels very intelligent
and believable which is good considering it is another “found footage” style
film in which we watch recently declassified footage received via transmission
from the ship months after initial communications are lost. This style of movie has been very successful
in the past in cases like The Blair Witch
Project but also terrible in more recent movies like Apollo 18 so the genre can be a double edged sword. The movie starts out rather slow and jumps
around chronologically which is frustrating at times but once the mission gets
underway you start to feel like you are another astronaut off on this
incredible journey. Centering on the
private space company Europa Ventures, the film chronicles the first manned
mission to Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons which was recently found to have a
liquid ocean beneath its frozen solid surface.
In an attempt to locate the first life outside of our planet in the
solar system the team embarks on a four year voyage to Europa and back to drill
beneath the surface and collect samples.
I won’t give away any spoilers but needless to say, the venture does not
go as planned. The films strongest point
is its believability. It doesn’t go too
far and make you feel like there is no chance what you’re watching could really
happen but it goes far enough to keep your interest peaked and make you want to
watch more. Obviously the film is
fiction but with all the recent news about private space companies like Virgin
Galactic and Space X the story has an air of truth to it in that the age of
private space adventures is just around the corner and a whole new age of
discovery is nearly upon us.
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