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2006

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It is the year 2057, the Sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth’s last hope lies with the Icarus II, a spacecraft with a crew of eight men and women led by Captain Kaneda. Their mission: to deliver a nuclear device designed to reignite our fading sun. Deep into their voyage, out of radio contact with Earth, the crew .. Read more

Starring	Rose Byrne, Cliff Curtis, Chris Evans, Troy Garity
Director	Danny Boyle
Genres	Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

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- Boyle and ace DoP Alwin Kuchler exploit elemental contrasts of darkness and light, heat and cold, with the CGI and model work beautiful but mostly unobtrusive
- 178952
- - Sight and Sound
  - 26 Mar 2011 at 01:29
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  - 79
  Awful
  
  I have never felt compelled to write a review before, but having sat through the best part of this film, I thought I should.
  
  I think it tries to ... read more »
  
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  - Alan
  - Redditch
  - 17 Sep 2007 at 09:26
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- - 2
  - 0
  BRILLIANT WATCH!
  
  This is a BRILLIANT film. Anyone who hasn't liked it clearly doesn't appreciate a brilliant visual action packed film which keeps you on the edge of ... read more »
  
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- - TommyBoy2011
  - 5 reviews
  - 24 Apr 2012 at 21:01
- - 0
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  Pretty dazzling
  
  Danny Boyle delivers a dazzling sci-fi payload here with this thoughtful and beautifully crafted film about a mission to re-ignite our dying sun with a huge ... read more »
  
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- - RJNeb2
  - 774 reviews
  - London
  - 17 Mar 2012 at 21:15
- - 0
  - 0
  Disappointing and could have been much more
  
  This has such potential, and starts off reasonably strongly. The pacing is good (slow, suspenseful) and the setting interesting.
  
  However the film ... read more »
  
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- - tompagenet
  - 3 reviews
  - 04 Mar 2012 at 20:20
- - 1
  - 0
  My favourite
  
  This film is brilliant - a proper sci-fi film. I wish they made more like it. Boyle greatest film since trainspotting!
  
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- - a customer
  - 06 Feb 2012 at 21:06
- - 1
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  excellent to say the least
  
  one of the best films out there, great visuals great story
  
  couldnt have asked for more... must see for and sci fi fan
  
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- - a customer
  - 25 Jan 2012 at 13:31
- - 4
  - 0
  don't agree with the low ratings given for this!
  
  Yes the concept is far fetched and the ending asks a lot of questions, but the rest of the film, the build up, pyscological
  
  tension and human ... read more »
  
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- 1084244
- - startrekredcat
  - 15 reviews
  - Sunnydale
  - 21 Jan 2012 at 21:53
- - 0
  - 0
  Got me thinking on the sunshine theory,
  
  I really like this movie it got me thinking , that these kind of things are very possible . Was an edge of the seat film whether there going to make it or not... read more »
  
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- - Excitable
  - 9 reviews
  - Walsall
  - 08 Jan 2012 at 21:00
- - 0
  - 0
  Set the controls for a failed blockbuster
  
  Only for good acting & Cillian Murphy holding the eyes, we might have given up on it; like a leftover soup of Alien, Elm Street, Silent Running & Dark ... read more »
  
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- - blahblahblah
  - 40 reviews
  - Sandy
  - 23 Dec 2011 at 09:09
- - 1
  - 1
  Very good film, watch it
  
  Well first of all, the reviews on this website have not been kind to this film so I was slightly skeptical when it came to watching this film, however I was ... read more »
  
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- - JC21
  - 17 reviews
  - Billericay
  - 09 Dec 2011 at 23:57
- - 1
  - 0
  Poor sunset for Sunshine
  
  The set-up in this movie is excellent. For the first 60 minutes the plot draws you in and builds the tension nicely. The science is passable and there isn't... read more »
  
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- - AndyR2
  - 7 reviews
  - Twickenham
  - 28 Nov 2011 at 18:31
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- - 229
  - 79
  Awful
  
  I have never felt compelled to write a review before, but having sat through the best part of this film, I thought I should.
  
  I think it tries to ... read more »
  
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- 476065
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Alan
  - Redditch
  - 17 Sep 2007 at 09:26
- - 74
  - 5
  Solar crisis
  
  His low-budget sleeper hit 28 Days Later gave director Danny Boyle some leeway with the Hollywood studios, and he’s used it to make this gripping sci-fi ... read more »
  
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- - Stephen Simpson
  - Croydon, England
  - 22 Mar 2007 at 21:26
- - 59
  - 4
  Spend time in the Sunshine
  
  Danny Boyle is a director that refuses to be pigeon-holed. Yes, his first few films (Shallow Grave and Trainspotting) had a certain feel to them, but then he ... read more »
  
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  - Meako
  - 59 reviews
  - Sheffield
  - 19 Apr 2007 at 20:42
- - 43
  - 5
  Don't let the sun go down on me
  
  The sun is dying and a small group of people heads towards it in the hope of sending a bomb to its centre and re-starting the fires. For me this was a mis-... read more »
  
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- - Mbub
  - Westbury, Wilts
  - 05 Sep 2007 at 13:55
- - 20
  - 5
  Just Brilliant!
  
  I wasn't sure what to expect when I went to see this, but I have to say I thought it was excellent.
  
  Very well paced - great acting and a superb ... read more »
  
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- - MillieRowe
  - 35 reviews
  - Denton
  - 07 Apr 2007 at 13:42
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  - 6
  ALMOST brilliant sunshine...
  
  As a sci-fi movie the visuals in this are superb, they really get your pulse racing, similarly 90 % of the storyline is similarly pretty good. We did however ... read more »
  
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- - PaulaWestwood
  - 397 reviews
  - Ashton-Under-Lyne
  - 10 Apr 2007 at 08:39
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  - 6
  Totally pants
  
  What a waste of time, waste of my life, waste of electricity, waste of even writing this review, to save you wasting all this, one bit of advice, don't get ... read more »
  
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  - Epsom
  - 28 Nov 2007 at 12:00
- - 18
  - 6
  SUNSHINE
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  SLOW START TO FILM. IT REMINDS OF 2001 SPACE ODDESEY WHICH I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND EITHER!
  
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- - BLUETOOTH
  - 11 reviews
  - Wirral
  - 14 Nov 2007 at 16:41
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  - 2
  Gaping Plot Hole
  
  The human race faces extiction - there is just one chance to save the world. Surely you'd send your best scientists and astromauts - but no, Danny Boyle ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Hereford
  - 26 Sep 2007 at 22:22
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  - 2
  2001 meets Armageddon
  
  There are a few creaky points in the plot, and the science is hokum, but there's loads to love about this movie, from the 'Alien' feel at the ... read more »
  
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- - wetwebwork
  - 11 reviews
  - London
  - 14 Apr 2007 at 21:02

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  Set in the not too distant future, SUNSHINE follows eight astronauts on a mission to save the dying Sun by delivering their payload of a nuclear bomb into the star's core. In the year 2057, the Sun no longer produces the amount of energy needed to sustain the human race. The international community ...

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  It is the year 2057, the Sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth’s last hope lies with the Icarus II, a spacecraft with a crew of eight men and women led by Captain Kaneda. Their mission: to deliver a nuclear device designed to reignite our fading sun. Deep into their voyage, out of radio ...