Director: Jack Plotnick
Writer: Jennifer Elise Cox, Sam Pancake, Jack Plotnick, Kali Rocha, Michael Stoyanov (Screenplay)
Starring: Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler, Marisa Coughlan, Matt Bomer, Jerry O’Connell, Kylie Rogers
Plot: A 1970s version of the future, where personalities and asteroids collide.
There may be spoilers the rest of the review
Verdict: So Much Potential
Story: Space Station 76 starts on board the Omega 76 as Captain Glenn (Wilson) is welcoming a new crew mate LT Commander Jessica (Tyler), the ship is filled with colourful characters with Misty (Coughlan), Ted (Bomer), Steve (O’Connell) and Sunshine (Rogers).
Upon her time on the ship Jessica learns about the people on the ship as we witness all their different personal issues on this lonely voyage.
Thoughts on Space Station 76
Characters/Performance – Captain Glenn is a depressed, social awkward frustrated by the lack of promotions man who pushes everyone away on the ship. Jessica is the new crew member trying to make friends only finding herself dealing with jealousy and other issues from the current crew. The rest of the characters included a bored wife, hardworking engineer and a young lonely girl.
Performance wise, everyone is fine with Patrick Wilson getting to have the most fun through the film bring his own quirky style to his character.
Story – The story follow social situation on a space craft set in the 70s, it is just an oddball drama. We have plenty of generic storylines to follow but nothing overly fancy for us to follow or get interested in, this would have worked as more of a full-blown comedy.
Comedy/Sci-Fi – The comedy is mostly quirky through the film not making you laugh at any jokes just odd things that happen, the sci-fi idea is interesting seeing this idea of space travel from what is meant to be the 70s is fun to watch.
Settings – The setting is good for this film because it is a time and a solo spaceship which works for what it is trying to do.
Special Effects – We have solid but nothing special from the effects that all look low budget.
Final Thoughts – This is slightly misleading film, it is a lot of just social situations on a spaceship where people now live, we don’t get an idea of the mission the plan or the point.
Overall: Boring film in all honesty.
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