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Release Date:
27 July 2007 (USA) more
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If the sun dies, so do we. more
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A team of astronauts are sent to re-ignite the dying sun 50 years into the future. full summary | full synopsis
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Rated R for violent content and language.
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107 min
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The emergency over-ride code 000 is the number for emergency services (Police, Fire Brigade and Ambulance) in Australia. more
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: In the transmission received from the Icarus I, they refer to themselves as the Icarus I, rather than simply Icarus. This doesn't make any sense unless they are already aware of an "Icarus II" mission. The Icarus II is launched almost immediately when the Icarus I disappears, confirming that both ships and both bombs were built at the same time or consecutively, and thus the naming makes sense. more
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[first lines]
Capa: Our sun is dying. Mankind faces extinction. Seven years ago the Icarus project sent a mission to restart the sun but that mission was lost before it reached the star. Sixteen months ago, I, Robert Capa, and a crew of seven left earth frozen in a solar winter. Our payload a stellar bomb with a mass equivalent to Manhattan Island. Our purpose to create a star within a star.
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Capa: Eight astronauts strapped to the back of a bomb. My bomb. Welcome to the Icarus Two.
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Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#38.3)" (2007) more
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261 out of 476 people found the following review useful.
Fascinating Film, 23 March 2007
10/10
Author: Amanda Scott (slytherinsdoitbetter) from United States

I am not a sci-fi fan. I've seen a few sci-fi films, but I don't flock to the nearest cinema to check them out. The only one I own on DVD is Alien vs. Predator, and that's only because it was three bucks at the video store and I needed a fifth one. I haven't seen 2001 or Event Horizon, and I don't remember anything about Alien. I saw Armageddon in 1998, when I was eleven years old, and I just remember being embarrassed at that scene with the animal crackers.

That being said, this film may have turned me into one of the sci-fi fans. If nothing else—if seeing a film that explores more than just "action" on screen isn't your kind of thing—the film is gorgeous. The shots of the sun are some of the most fascinating bits of effects I have ever seen in any sort of film, not only sci-fi. The film is set only fifty years into the future, and therefore the technological aspects of the set are relatable rather than hard to imagine.

The characters are well developed, and the actors are top-notch. Every single performance is phenomenal, and I was even a bit taken aback by how much I enjoyed Chris Evans's portrayal of Mace. Everyone seems to have taken the time to learn about the science and about the psychological factors of being with the same people for so long (most likely due to the fact that Danny Boyle sort of forced them to), and it shows on screen. The characters are all real, and although none of us know what it would be like to be in space and alone for sixteen months, there are aspects of them all that are immediately relatable.

The plot is secondary. That doesn't mean that it isn't well thought or anything like that, but the human drama and psychological journey of the characters is the primary concern in the film, and the fact that they are going to re-ignite the sun is merely the background story that puts them all together in the first place. There are far more triggers that ask the audience to think about their life and the life of mankind and of the universe itself than there are for the audience to question, "Well, how did that just happen?" The film asks us to have a brain and be willing to use it.

Sunshine is a religious experience. It is very personal and is a very unique experience to each member of the audience. It is incredible, awe-inspiring, intense, and one of the most beautiful pieces of film I have ever seen. Danny Boyle, Alex Garland and Andrew Macdonald have done it again. A+.

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