Free fall

Language : Russian

Year of release : 2023

Run time : 1h22m

Genre : Sci Fi

In the future humanity has colonized space and built an orbital station named “Delta”, around earth, which hosts not only employees, but tourists too .

Maxim is the chief engineer on the station. One day, working outside the space station, a solar eruption happens, creating a proton storm, which destroys the orbital station.

Max is caught while he’s outside, in space, working. He wants to return to the station, but due to putting everything on analog, he is in a controlled drift into space, around the station. He hits the station and damages it, trying to get inside..and loses consciousness.

The solar eruption damaged all systems, only a radio working, without being able to communicate to earth.

When Max wakes up, he realizes he fell into a part of the station, damaging his suit, and that he doesn’t have much oxygen left…and on top of that, he has liquid in his suit. Anna, the space AI, keeps him company, looking for help.

Two of his colleagues need to head to earth, as one of them is badly wounded, and Max refuses to let them come get him, remaining stranded in space.

Anna tells him she can help him if he gives her total control, but what if Anna has hidden motives?

The movie was Ok, but rather bored me, as it’s only one character, and the whole time we only see him, what’s constantly happening to him (it’s always something else), in space. It’s a lot like Gravity with Sandra Bullock, without the happy ending.

The way it ends I felt somehow cheated, as it feels it ends on a limb, without a resolution.

The acting was great. It’s pretty much one character, as it’s always only Max on screen, the others are just voices.

The visual effects were good, but they could have been better.

The soundtrack was good.

You can watch the full movie for free, if you follow this link, but it only has Romanian subtitles:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa2sday

Rating : Could have been a contender !