REVIEW: Sunshine · 6 August 07

I have been waiting for sometime for this movie to make it stateside and into our theaters. Luckily, we did get to view the movie on the big screen before it was inevitably taken away due to poor box office numbers.

This movie had so much promise. At the helm was Danny Boyle, the director of Trainspotting, Millions, 28 Days Later, and many other acclaimed films. The premise had lots of potential: A group of elite scientists must travel to our nearest star and drop off a giant bomb to “reignite” it. The CGI was hyper-realistic. What went wrong?

The revolving US release date certainly didn’t help the film. Top it off with a strange third act that seems very out of place. I can’t see why this new element was thrown in. Hopefully this film will receive a proper edit on DVD and we’ll truly get to see what Mr. Boyle really meant to show us.

I still give the movie 3 stars (out of four) for it’s fantastic cinematography, effects, and direction. The story eschewed many cliches and had tons of potential. Much was left up to the imagination including what was going on back at earth and why this dying star was in such a bad state.

Wait for the DVD.