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Sunshine (2007)

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Reviews Counted: 142 Fresh: 106  Rotten:36 Average Rating: 6.8/10
 
Consensus: A film of dazzling visuals and intelligent action. Danny Boyle continues his descent into mind-twisting sci-fi madness, taking us along for the ride. Sunshine fulfills the dual requisite necessary to become classic sci-fi: dazzling visuals with intelligent action. more
 
Rated: 15
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Theatrical Release: 06-04-2007
Synopsis:
Danny Boyle has excelled in nearly every genre he's touched from the family film (MILLIONS) to the zombie movie (28 DAYS LATER) to the drug-fuelled drama (TRAINSPOTTING). With SUNSHINE, he brings his style and verve to the futuristic world of science fiction to great success. In a mere five... [More]
Danny Boyle has excelled in nearly every genre he's touched from the family film (MILLIONS) to the zombie movie (28 DAYS LATER) to the drug-fuelled drama (TRAINSPOTTING). With SUNSHINE, he brings his style and verve to the futuristic world of science fiction to great success. In a mere five decades in the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is running out of time. After the failure of a previous mission, it's up to the crew of the Icarus II to reignite the star with a stellar bomb. But the crew faces more than just the blistering heat of the sun and the freezing cold of space as they grapple with the limits of the human mind and heart. As in Boyle's previous work, the visuals in SUNSHINE are stunning. It's a beautifully shot film filled with contrasts, juxtaposing light and dark, sound and silence, and life and death. SUNSHINE resides in the respected realm of smart science fiction films such as 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY and SOLARIS. Alex Garland's fine script never dwells on the specifics of the technology, but instead spends its time on the characters. For these roles, Boyle has assembled an excellent cast that includes Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh, and Cliff Curtis. Like the classic 2001, SUNSHINE's appeal extends beyond its genre. Though it's packed with special effects and heart-stopping action, it's an intelligent film that should be enjoyed by everyone who loves movies, not just those who like science fiction. [Less]

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Starring: Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Troy Garity, Cliff Curtis

Director: Danny Boyle
Screenwriter: Alex Garland
Producer: Andrew MacDonald
Composer: Underworld, John Murphy

DVD Info

Release:

Aug 1, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround - French, Spanish
  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Subtitles - English - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Alternate Scenes - 1. Deleted Scenes (12)
  • 2. Alternate Ending
  • Audio Commentaries - 1. Danny Boyle - Director
  • 2. Dr. Brian Cox - University Professor
  • Behind the Scenes - Web Production Diaries (23)
  • Bonus Shorts - 1. "Dad's Dead" (Introduction by Danny Boyle)
  • 2. "Mole Hills" (Introduction by Danny Boyle)

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Danny Boyle's sci-fi thriller is enjoyable, well acted and packed with references throughout although it abandons its fascinating premise for a disappointingly conventional finale.

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09/22/07 06:11 AM
Matthew Turner
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This is Sci-fi at its proudest; an incredible achievement that reminds us why Danny Boyle is the best British director working today.

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09/22/07 06:11 AM
Joe Utichi
FilmFocus
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Brilliantly mixes eye-popping effects and edge-of-your-seat action to make this sci-fi scorcher the hottest ticket around.

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04/10/07 08:58 AM
Johnny Vaughan
Sun Online
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Sunshine is dazzling, but not quite a blinder - your eyeballs may be singed, but don't expect any long-lasting effects on your cosmic consciousness.

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04/10/07 08:56 AM
Jonathan Romney
Independent
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Stunning sequences and gobsmacking Nasa-graphic visuals which are destined to be shown on giant Imax screens around the country.

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04/10/07 08:54 AM
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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The only thing more dazzling than the angry star throbbing at the centre of our dying solar system is the production design on Danny Boyle’s visually arresting sci-fi picture.

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04/10/07 08:53 AM
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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A blazingly intense sci-fi thriller and a blinding visual experience.

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04/10/07 08:52 AM
Jon Fortgang
Channel 4 Film
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The idea is to send you out perplexed, but chattering over possible solutions, but the salty authenticity that made it so rich is lost in space, and a superb sci-fi movie becomes merely a very decent one.

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04/10/07 08:51 AM
Ian Nathan
BBC
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Sci-fi spectacle meets intimate drama. Murphy leads a strong ensemble cast as Boyle nails yet another genre.

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04/10/07 08:50 AM
Jonathan Dean
Total Film
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It’s in the relationship between the crew and the sun that ‘Sunshine’ really shines.

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04/10/07 08:48 AM
Ben Walters
Time Out
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Aside from a last-act blip when everything goes a little bit “what the hell?”, this is a knuckle-gnawingly tense, glorious action thriller and marks yet another genre nailed by Danny Boyle.

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04/10/07 08:47 AM
Olly Richards
Empire Magazine
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The closer he gets to the sun, the more Boyle loses his nerve, reducing a tense, unpredictable thriller to a needlessly bloody, pseudo-spiritual mess.

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04/10/08 01:19 AM
Rossiter Drake
San Francisco Examiner
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01/18/08 03:15 AM
David Fear
Time Out New York
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01/15/08 03:15 AM
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons
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A decent science-fiction movie which despite its solid overall production would surely have been a lot better had the momentum and ethereal quality of its first two acts been smoothly transitioned into the finale.

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10/05/07 03:15 AM
JoBlo
JoBlo's Movie Emporium
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Boyle and his cast set the controls to the heart of the sun and drive the interstellar pilgrimage beyond the dubious science and rickety story line with magnificent imagery and a gravity that pulls you in.

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09/22/07 06:11 AM
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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It may, at the very end, be a failure, but it’s a glorious failure.

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09/22/07 06:11 AM
Steven Snyder
Zertinet Movies
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Visually rich and yet cold and claustrophobic.

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09/22/07 06:11 AM
Don R. Lewis
Film Threat
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The picture would be nothing, an incomplete Venn diagram, without Murphy.

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09/22/07 06:11 AM
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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One of the most inventive and fascinating science-fiction films in decades.

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09/12/07 04:19 PM
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy
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