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Eric S. Agree with titan u. I love these indie minimalist set films that focus on character and story. Some may find it claustrophobic but the expansion is in your mind and your imagination, not the sets and tight camera shots. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/07/25 Full Review titan u This is a film for people with imaginations and curiosity, and it delivers in spades. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/13/25 Full Review Patrick S For a low budget, independent movie of this scope it is a tiny gem, and yes, there are many references to other such movies, just like "2001: A Space Odyssey", "2010: The Year We Make Contact", "Solaris", "Sphere" and indeed somehow, being the successor, to "Interstellar". Some say that the main character is devoid of emotions or feelings. Well, considering that an astronaut of this kind, sent out all by himself into deep space, must have been quite heavily trained to adapt to a solitary space trip, there is no wonder on why he seems to be emotionless. He is not. He just knows how to control his emotions. The entire movie starts to grip your interest once in space, and from then on it is indeed a very well knit story, despite some key references to other sources. But it is indeed interesting to watch how nevertheless this film manages to cope with all of them without being an exact duplicate. In my view, although the special and visual effects are just what they are for a low budget flic like this one, it is the storyline and the reduced cast that hold it all together. The only pity is its ending which surely would deserve either a sequel or a streaming miniseries, since it did leave open what happens next. I hope someone of good will and enough means may come on board to rescue this concept and bring it to an end as it certainly deserves. I can recommended this movie, although as I said, it sometimes reminds you to the above mentioned ones without really being leading into the same direction. I would call it a science fiction/mystery/psychological adventure movie. Just give it a try. In any case much better than the trash Hollywood dishes up these days, and less costly. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/08/25 Full Review Laura-ann B Give this story a remake on a bigger budget. It has such great potential. The fact that such a low budget production, with so many scientific errors that could have been avoided, actually kept my attention for almost 2h says alot. There's something there. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/25 Full Review Martina H An astronaut is to fly into space alone to investigate the origin of three mysterious signals in order to prove the existence of extraterrestrial life within our solar system. On the one hand, he faces the problem of having to leave his wife behind for ten years and, on the other, the Chinese also launch a mission. The story is illogical in some places, the set design shows that the movie had a low budget, and yet it entertained me very well. The actors gave a solid performance, the story was interesting despite the logical flaws and I can therefore award 3.5 stars with a clear conscience. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review My Web M I could have handled the low budget aspects (of which there were many), I could suspend disbelief regarding some of the garbage science and unbelievable behavior by characters, but the ending is unforgiveable. I've read this movie was intended to explore the psychology of a solo mission but that doesn't really happen either. The main character makes decisions from day one that make no sense for someone who would have been in that position. There was a good idea here, but it seems to have gotten left on the launch pad when the makers blasted off. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/27/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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