`cHaRd V2

To some, sunshine is beautiful, to others it is just a plain heatwave. To some others, its a matter of life and death. Have you watched the latest hit sci-fi movie, Sunshine? If you didn’t, and you are like me, a fan of astronomy and space, BETTER WATCH IT ASAP. The stuff inside it is immense. You need to think to understand. I like these type of shows. hate those boring “just watch and understand immediately” shows. hehe.

The Sun is being destroyed from inside out by a type of highly stable form of matter that renders nuclear fusion impossible, by turning common matter on its own kind. The only hope is to send a team of astronauts to detonate a massive, highly energetic bomb, able to destroy this strange matter and restore Sun’s natural state.

Seven astronauts on board of space ship Icarus II have the assignment of saving mankind by detonating a gigantic bomb into the dying Sun. Due to the screening effect of the solar wind, their communication link with the Earth is cut. The success of their mission, as well as their own survival relies solely on their own judgment, which is altered by the 16-month trip to the star. The mystery of Icarus I and her crew that left Earth and went lost closed to the sun seven years earlier is clearly a bad omen. Then as the ultimate goal is almost reached a terrible accident occurs that jeopardizes the whole mission. Due to a sudden oxygen shortage, three members of the crew must be killed so that the others can survive and complete the mission.

50 years into the future, the Sun begins to die, and Earth is dying as a result. A team of astronauts are sent to revive the Sun - but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team are sent to finish the mission as they are Earth’s last hope.

Warning: Spoiler Alert.

Fifty years into the future, the Sun is failing, causing the Earth to freeze. A spacecraft, the Icarus II with a crew of eight men and women is launched as a last hope,[2] carrying a stellar bomb with a payload the mass of Manhattan in order to re-ignite the Sun. Seven years prior, a similar ship, the Icarus I, had been launched for the same mission, but contact was lost.[3] When the crew of eight move toward the sun and out of radio contact with Earth, they discover the distress beacon of Icarus I. Capa (Cillian Murphy), the physicist who controls the bomb, is asked by captain Kaneda (Hiroyuki Sanada) to decide whether to change course and approach Icarus I. Reasoning that the success of their mission is theoretical anyway, Capa decides that it is best to rendezvous with the stricken vessel in order to potentially acquire another payload, in case the payload they are already carrying does not fulfill its purpose.

Events begin to cascade almost immediately. When calculating their new course, Trey (Benedict Wong) neglects to correct the heat shield angle, so it is now damaged on the sunward side. During the repair attempt, Kaneda dies, and their oxygen garden is destroyed by the sun (and with it most of their air reserves). Trey’s guilt makes him suicidal and he is placed under sedation by psychologist Searle (Cliff Curtis). Following the new course Icarus II approaches and docks with Icarus I. They find the Icarus I crew had abandoned their mission - deferring to “God’s will” under leadership of captain Pinbacker (Mark Strong) and destroyed their computer, rendering their bomb useless, before killing themselves. The airlock between the two ships is destroyed before the party can return to Icarus II. Capa is given priority for the sole space suit, but Searle has to stay behind to release the hatch. Second-in-command Harvey (Troy Garity) is lost in space, freezing to death whilst attempting to cross back to Icarus II with Capa, while engineer Mace (Chris Evans) survives the crossing.

The surviving crew members are confronted with a dilemma as the oxygen reserves will not suffice for a completion of the main objective of their mission. The four of them reluctantly come to the conclusion that Trey has to be killed in the interest of oxygen conservation, as one man’s life cannot outweigh the survival of humanity. Trey, however, has already come out from under sedation and apparently committed suicide. Following a disturbing warning from the computer, telling him of an unknown fifth surviving crew member, Capa finds Icarus I captain Pinbacker on board. He is as zealously insane as he was earlier observed on Icarus I’s last entry video, and he locks Capa into an airlock after slicing him across the chest. He sabotages the computers, kills the botanist crew member Corazon (Michelle Yeoh) as she tends to her ruined oxygen garden, and he chases pilot Cassie (Rose Byrne) into the payload section of the ship. Mace manages to repair the computers sufficiently to get power back, but he dies in the coolant tanks in the process. The bomb must now be released and fired manually. Capa breaks free of the airlock, launches the bomb and boards it before its boosters fire. He finds Cassie aboard and both of them fight Pinbacker. Eventually, Capa successfully detonates the bomb. He stands between the expanding effects of the weapon and the encroaching solar surface as it descends. Faced with the surface of the sun itself Capa takes his final moments enjoying the sheer spectacle in front of him as the flames overtake him.

In a snow-strewn landscape on Earth, found to be Sydney (Australia) with the opera house in the distance, eight minutes after the Icarus climax, Capa’s sister and family watch the video that was recorded near the beginning of the film of Capa giving his final message to his family as they watch for a sign that the mission has succeeded. The dim sun finally brightens.

-Watch it! NICE!

`cHaRd.