Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Lightdeossk Captivating movie !

ChicRawIdol A brilliant film that helped define a genre

Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

yws-51268 I met accidantally this film in tv this afternoon. And I took my arm-chair right in that moment. This film seemed so "different", with perfect cutting, realistic shots, punched in the middle.This film is exactly the type which most of the movie guttlers find unbearably boring. That is why this grabbed my feelings at the first sight, I think. This is really rare case. Not a block buster, no spectator magnet effects, no world wide stars (although some of the actors are familiar), no big entrance. Only continuous thrill, with eye-candy, documentary style steady shots, professional setting, artless actions.This seemed a rather "European" film for me. (Also I am.) This is not for a joke only. Other people would call this "indie". Somehow I also felt some actors European, too (and I was right.) Actually I should have to see mostly American films and trite tv series, this is the world now, this is why I don't spend too much time on tv. But sometimes I meet something different, and I enjoy those occasions. This film is really a different American movie. This is why you will love this, if you are a little accomplished sci-fi reader.In the middle of the time I noticed that the style of the story took into my mind the Polish grand master of the sci-fi, Stanislaw Lem. The final track of the story {SPOILER} turned to the side-thread of Arthur C. Clarke's 2010.{/SPOILER} But this is an early work of an almost beginner writer, inspired by a Laird Barron story, reportedly. It worked well.I was sorry to see that the makers did not earn serious money with this film. There isn't justice in the world of movies.If you like sci-fi, and not only space actions and aliens, then seek for this film. Don't let the dragging reviews disadvise from a fine, although slightly saddening entertainment. You will meet a rememberable experiance.

stevekandy This is a TERRIBLE movie, completely unsatisfying and very irritating to watch. The characters are so monumentally STUPID! Scientist 1 - "Your radiation is at max levels, come back now"... Scientist 2 - "I see something"...Scientist 1 - "Come back now, you have to come back"...Scientist 2 - "I'm going to stand on the ice"... Scientist 1 - "Come back now"... Scientist 2 - "Oh no, the ice is breaking"...Aaaarghhh! This movie is full of these ridiculously moronic character decisions - instead of caring about the characters you don't give a damn when they die. Coz they're all idiots. The found- footage style jarring camera cuts are SO heavily overdone that the entire movie is just extremely annoying to watch. I barely made it through, having to fight urges to turn it off several times.I love sci-fi, but this is COMPLETE GARBAGE. Avoid this, you'll never get back the 90 minutes this lemon will take to watch.

Leofwine_draca EUROPA REPORT is another disappointingly wishy-washy Hollywood science fiction movie about a spaceship full of astronauts who pay a visit one of the moons of Jupiter, only to encounter aliens, madness, and death on arrival. It's amazing that Hollywood is still copying ALIEN all these decades later, but EUROPA REPORT is a poorly-directed exercise in predictability that lacks excitement and finesse. I appreciated the film's found footage aspect, which is hard to pull off, and the cast isn't bad either, although the best actors - like Sharlto Copley and Daniel Wu - are criminally underutilised. But after some good mystery-building early on, this falls apart and feels dragged-out and cheesy in equal measure.

petra_ste This found-footage movie is quite low-key for a sci-fi thriller - meaning there aren't giant robots fighting monsters or nuclear bombs countdowns. It's a space exploration yarn with an old-school, "Rendezvous with Rama" vibe, where action takes a backseat to mystery and awe.The main problem is structure. The movie opens with a flash-forward, then alternates between two different time-lines, both the first and the last days of the mission. It's a mistake; not only jumping back and forth is distracting, it also spoils the death of a crew member, an effective scene which would have carried more tension if we hadn't already watched its aftermath.This also muddles other characters' arcs; they start off as morose and disillusioned, then we jump back to before the incident, when they are still optimistic. Playing with time like that is a dangerous storytelling choice; with a few exceptions (think Memento), the dramatic progression works better as a chronological crescendo from good to bad to worse.Maybe I'm sounding like The Europa Report is a mess, but it's not. Like Duncan Jones' Moon, this movie looks neat in spite of a slim budget; the cast is composed of competent character actors. After the first two thirds of Interstellar, this is probably as close to a "hard sci-fi / space exploration adventure" as fans of the genre are likely to get in a long time.6,5/10