Rubikon movie review

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MOVIE TITLE:     Rubikon

This space thriller opens in select theaters and VOD on July 1, 2022

RATING:  R

LENGTH:  1 hour 50 minutes

IN A NUTSHELL:

The year is 2056. A toxic cloud of pollution has swallowed the earth, killing untold numbers. The world’s nations have dissolved, with all power now in the hands of giant corporations. The rich retreat to sealed biodomes while the poor choke and starve. On the space station Rubikon, Hannah (Julia Franz Richter), Gavin (George Blagden), and Dimitri (Mark Ivanir) weigh the fate of the planet’s survivors.

Should these crewmembers risk their own lives on a rescue mission to the surface, or ignore the old world to build a new one of safety and solitude, living off the station’s sophisticated algae symbiosis system? Against the vast canvas of the cosmos, three people with different worldviews debate their moral responsibility to the species, all while grappling with the timely agony of isolation.   What is worth living for, what is worth dying for?

The space adventure was directed and written by Magdalena Lauritsch, along with writing help by Jessica Lind.

 

THINGS I LIKED:

  • The actors will be unfamiliar to American audiences.
  • The space scenes are pretty cool.
  • The film was made and produced in Austria.
  • The moral questions are intriguing.

 

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THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:

  • The story is very slow-moving with mostly people sitting around talking.
  • I know that this movie is supposed to be in the future, but it still bugged me that almost all astronauts had beards.

 

TIPS FOR PARENTS:    

  • Profanity, including many F-bombs
  • Some German and Russian are spoken with subtitles.
  • Kids will be very bored.  So will some adults.

THEMES:

  • Friendship
  • Loyalty
  • Sacrifice
  • Life and death
  • Truth
  • Purpose

 

Movie Review Mom GRADE:  C

 

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