Not everyone is going to like this movie. I happen to be one who did - to a point.
One of the problems you tend to run into with these kinds of movies is that Hollywood writers are not rocket scientists, but the people involved with a strategic, manned mission to Saturn's moons really would be rocket scientists. And I've learned that Hollywood just cannot relate to that kind of intelligence that is not emotional intelligence.
This was put together as a Blair Witch-style fake documentary where a certain amount of footage was pre-recorded by NASA, and a certain amount was recovered footage. The mission was to examine the moon of Saturn called Europa where real scientists like Neil deGrasse Tyson actually suspect a that life could exist. They are to examine a portion of the surface where liquid water may be accessible, and where we have found water, we have found life. At least so far.
The cast is a bit of an ensemble. It's hard to pull one person out as really good or another out as really bad. Their interactions are what the movie is supposed to be able, and so that's what all the footage concentrates on.
There is a lot going on with this film. Everyone has their personal challenges as well as their professional challenges, and they all have to also figure out how to deal with the more troublesome or troubled crew mates. When we enter the movie, there has already been an incident, and we don't get details on that for quite a while.
Acting was good
Story was generally okay
Effects were good until they landed
Direction was choppy
Pacing was off
2.5/5