A very interesting film which for some reason I missed last year and after seeing it recently realize I was very remiss in doing so….

A special mission heads off to Europa (which is a moon of Jupiter) in search of life below its surface which is supposedly filled with liquid water. They land and send probes out and then things start going horribly wrong. I won’t spoil the ending for you, but lets just say they find something (little point in the movie otherwise I suppose).

A lot of the film was presented in the “found footage” style with most of the action coming from on-board cameras, helmet cams and various other pokey little cameras which add a lot of realism and help to make it all that more terrifying.

I read recently that Gravity is up for an academy award (then again if the Hurt Locker can win it..), this film blows Gravity out of the sky with its tense film work, closed narrative and tension filled plot line.