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Sputnik
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Egor AbramenkoKamera:
Maksim ZhukovMusik:
Oleg KarpachevBesetzung:
Oksana Akinshina, Pyotr Fyodorov, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Anton Vasilev, Анна Назарова, Vasiliy Zotov, Natalya ShvetsStreaming (3)
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Due to her controversial methods, young doctor Tatiana Yurievna (Oksana Akinshina) is on the precipice of losing her medical license. Her career may not be over, though. After she’s recruited by the military, Tatiana is brought to a secure science research facility to assess a very special case, that of Konstantin Sergeyevich (Pyotr Fyodorov), a cosmonaut who survived a mysterious space accident and has returned to Earth with a unique condition: there’s something living inside of him that only shows itself late at night. The military has nefarious plans for it. Tatiana wants to stop it from killing Konstantin. And the creature itself thrives on destruction. (IFC Midnight)
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Der Stoff eines US-amerikanischen Science-Fiction-Horrorfilms mit einem Pseudo-Eindringling auf einer Militärforschungsstation in der Wüste in Kasachstan (im Jahr 1983). Die Russen haben es als ein menschliches Drama über einen Kosmonauten gestaltet, welcher von einem Parasiten angegriffen worden ist. Eine Wissenschaftlerin möchte ihm helfen, weil sie sich in ihn verliebt hat. Die visuelle Gestaltung wirkt amerikanisch, man sieht Genre-Klischees sowie archetypische Figuren, welche wir schon aus anderen Film kennen (ein unmenschlicher Oberst, ein begeisterter Wissenschaftler mit Gewissen). Die Produktion ist OK, die Schauspieler*innen prima. Das Zuschauererlebnis ist aber nicht überraschend und hier und da muss man gähnen.
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A solid Russian sci-fi film with a nice main monster. After crashing in orbit, a cosmonaut brings back something alien from outer space and is imprisoned, examined and tested. At first glance the film seemed like it was going to be a rip-off of Alien, but the Russians go their own way and it's fine. The film is suspenseful and atmospheric rather than action packed (three scenes had me holding my breath nicely), and there was some gore, with one scene being downright delicious – I watched it three times immediately. The film is of course also on a great technical level, the thumping music is excellent, which adds to the cramped atmosphere, and I enjoyed the actors as well. Similarly-tuned genre films come out once a year with luck, so despite the minor flaws (the creature could have done more mischief) I'm happy with this one. Story***, Action***, Humor>No, Violence***, Entertainment****, Music****, Visuals****, Atmosphere****, Suspense****.7.5/10.
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I enjoyed this film about a Soviet encounter with a space parasite (or symbiote) a lot. I managed to see past the logic holes this time, thus being able to enjoy the whole thing without suffering any cultural shock from not hearing the otherwise ubiquitous English. Plus, to my surprise, I found that I didn't need subtitles all that much, I even sometimes noticed inaccuracies in them. So, for various reasons, I'm giving it four stars.
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