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We recently crossed through the middle of 2020. And although the quarantine spoiled everyone's plans, art cannot be stifled. Despite the closure of cinemas and disruptions to filming and premieres, curious science fiction films were released in the first half of the year. Some of them were included in our selection.
Invisible Man
A modern version of the novel by H.G. Wells, which has been filmed more than once. Now - at a new technological level and with a reflection of modern social
Under cover of the night, Cecilia flees her boyfriend Adrian's high-tech home, sedating him with sleeping pills and disabling surveillance and alarms. Now the girl lives with a friend, is afraid to go out and suffers from persecution mania when she finds out that her former tormentor has committed suicide. Adrian, the leader of the optical development market, left Cecilia a big legacy, and, finally, the girl's life should improve. But soon she again begins to feel anxiety, as if Adrian sneaks up on her unnoticed - after all, it is impossible to hide from a pursuer whom you cannot see.
Satellite
The film, on the taste of the editorial board, is controversial. But we decided to add it to the collection. In short, this is our strongly rethought "Alien" in the scenery of the late Soviet space program.
USSR, 1983. A spacecraft is returning to earth, but they hide from people that only one of the two cosmonauts can be considered alive. What happened on board remains a mystery, but the facts indicate that the astronauts encountered a new life form and the survivor did not return entirely alone. Neurophysiologist Tatyana Klimova is brought to a secret military base where cosmonaut Konstantin Veshnyakov is kept under strict control and supervision to assess his condition.
Greenland
Fantastic disaster film.
A huge comet rushes towards Earth and threatens to destroy the planet. The end of the world seems inevitable. The only safe place is a bunker in distant Greenland [ Why exactly there? Because many people know about her only that she is? ]. John, his wife and their son embark on a dangerous journey, which is complicated not only by the devastating consequences of the comet, but also by the panic of distraught people, because during a global catastrophe, no human laws are in force ...
The Russian box office promises to show the film on September 10.
Heretic
This short film was made by the Unity Demo Film team. Who is this person, what kind of world he has entered and with whom he is fighting - everyone gives answers to these questions for himself. However, the plot is not the main thing here, because it is a demonstrator of the capabilities of the Unity engine.
Lighthouse
Mark and Kara are young ship-owning pilots trying to make ends meet. When Kara disappears a few months after signing a major interstellar travel contract, Mark travels to the far reaches of the galaxy in search of his wife.
Storm
In the not too distant future, compatibility between people looking for a mate is determined by an algorithm. Participation in the system is mandatory and users must be paired (or reassigned) with their ideal partner for one year or they will be doomed to be alone.
Blake tried several times to find a mate with this system, and failed. Accidentally dropping the tablet into the bathtub, he falls into a series of turbulent burst portals.
Bloody machines
The title of the full-length film Blood Machines was translated by localizers as "Blood of Machines". In general, this is hellish psychedelic, mixed with cyberpunk and nude.
Probably, not everyone will be able to watch it to the end, but what if this is a brilliant movie? It has always been difficult for geniuses to make their way:
PS And finally, a couple more short films. They didn't come out this year, but we liked the good movie.