Star trek (2009)
Director: JJ Abrams
Staring: Chris Pine
Bruce Greenwood
Plot: A modern update to the classic Star Trek franchises, following the adventures of a young James T Kirk. And the crew of the USS Enterprise and their first mission out, fighting against the crazed 23rd century Nero, trapped a Romulian from the 23rd century, seeking revenge on the Enterprise and Spock, for the destruction of his home world. A Star Trek film for people unfamiliar with the mythology, fast paced, witty and very much a film for non-fans of the series. JJ Abrams best film to date, ten times better than Cloverfield. Watchmen (2009)
Director: Zack Snyder
Staring: Matthew Goode
Jeffery Morgan
Patrick Wilson
Plot: In an alternate 1985 superheros are no longer the stuff of comic books, but true life individuals. Some have retired and hung up the cape and hood, others are government sponsored agents.
The cold war is only heating up, America has won the Vietnam War, and Richard Nixon has been reelected for a third time.
But the world is on the verge of collapse, and only the Watchmen, second generation vigilantes can stop it.
But their greatest threat may in fact be from one of their own.
A faithful adaptation by Zack Snider, a superhero film, that deliverers raw human emotions, and a world not too much unlike our own. Showcasing the flaws and struggles of the men and women behind the masks; with rapist, psychopaths, fetishes and a slipping grip on human nature.
Sunshine (2007)
Director: Danny Boyle
Staring; Cillian Murphy
Chris Evans
Michelle Yeoh
Plot: It’s 2057; our sun is dying, the international crew of, Americans, Britain and Chinese glide silently on board the Icarus Two, to launch a last ditch effort to “reignite” the sun, by using a thermal nuclear bomb with the mass of Manhattan island. Well trying to uncover the mystery of their lost comrades of the Icarus one.
Sunshine is British director Danny Boyle’s first attempt in the genre of science fiction.
A masterpiece worthy enough to be compared to Stanly Kubrick’s 2001: A space Odyssey.
Serenity (2005)
Director: Joss Whedon
Staring: Nathan Fillion
Gina Torres
Summer Galu
Plot: Based off of Firefly the short lived television series, that aired for one season. The big screen continuation “Serenity” is a quirky little science fiction gem. Expanding upon the mythology of the Firefly universe, the film follows the exploits of the crew of the Serenity; a mix of pirates, cowboys, mercs and preacher men. As the band of misfits fight against men driven insane by prolonged isolation in space, and the all powerful, power hungry interstellar government known as the “Alliance. And their shadowy agent, hunting them at every corner of known space.
Children Of Men. (2006)
Director: Alfonso Cuaron
Staring: Clive Owen
Julianne Moore
Michael Caine.
Plot: Set in 2027 eighteen years after the last child has been born, humanity now faces extinction, as the world falls into chaos.
Governments around the globe have fallen into anarchy, as cities erupt into flames, and the last survivors of humanity fight for whatever little resources remain. Britain due to its position in the Atlantic Ocean is the last official government abed a fascist one.
A burnt out, ex-political activist is contacted by his ex-girlfriend whom he has not seen in 20 years to secure the transport of a young pregnant refuge, the first woman to bare a child in nearly two decades.
A mix of George Bush era politics, and the rising tide of terrorism, “Children Of Men” is a ghostly mirror image of the current geopolitical landscape, only taken to a frightful extreme. A modern science fiction classic.
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
Director: Richard Linklater
Staring: Robert Downey JR
Keanu Reeves
Winona Ryder
Woody Harrelson
Plot: Set in the not to distant future in Southern- California, America has lost the war on drugs; to a highly addictive and mysterious drug called “Substance D”. An undercover detective begins to slowly sink into despair and paranoia, as he starts to question his reality and true identity. Based off of Philip K Dicks best selling novel “A Scanner Darkly” is a dive into the world of drug culture and the future of the war on drugs, with a mix of government paranoia and espionage a film that oddly enough seems to be incredible plausible.
The Animatrix (2003)
Directors: Various.
Staring: Various voice actors.
Plot: Set between the first and second installments of the Matrix trilogy, the animated sequel/prequel expands upon the mythology of the Matrix. With various stories set, before and during the events of the first film.
The short animated stories each with their own unique art style depict various events of the Matrix Universe.
From the fall of man kind and the birth of the Matrix; and its various time periods within the artificial computer generated reality.
A far better film than the highly overrated Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revelations
V For Vendetta (2005)
Director: James McTeigue
Staring: Natalie Portman
Hugo Weaving
John Hurt
Plot: A disfigured, shadowy urban terrorist, in Britain seeks to destroy anddestabilize, the Neo- Fascist government; in a not to distant future.
Based off one of the best graphic novels of all time .V for Vendetta delivers a modern classic of rebellion and revolution, a “1984” for a new generation.
Detailing a future that is a ghostly repeat of early 20th century Nazi Germany, with references from the holocaust, and nightmarish take on Americas war on terror.
