Oscar winner Danny Boyle has really established himself as a visionary director who can successfully dabble in the most disparate genres (he’s tackled existential dramas, horrors, love stories, and now science fiction).
In Sunshine, a crew of 8 is sent on a mission to detonate an enormous nuclear bomb at the center of the Sun, as our star seems to be dying, an event that would spell death for everyone and everything on Earth as well.
While I was at first a little incredulous of the viability of such a mission, listening to the commentary by the scientist that the production hired to ensure the highest level of believability helped assuage my uneasiness, while at the same time raising my appreciation of the movie as a whole.
The screenplay is well written and the characters developed enough to come through as three dimensional. The acting is good on the part of the whole cast and the visual effects are top notch.
A lot of eye candy is also provided by Cillian Murphy (if he suits you), the hunky Cliff Curtis, the handsome Troy Garity and Hiroyuki Sanada, and, towering above all, the gorgeous Chris Evans.
Grade: 8
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