Fantastic films for long winter evenings



    About a year ago, we published a selection of interesting science fiction series . In January, we experimented with novelties of science fiction literature and even board games from the same science fiction. Let's talk about full-length science fiction films now.

    Full-length fiction is a vast topic. The number of science-fiction films shot in the history of cinema will be great. Therefore, we decided to limit ourselves to a certain time frame, say, the last ten years.

    Me, Robot (2004)



    Screen adaptation of the story of Isaac Asimov. In the future, robotics allowed the creation of highly sophisticated robots that caused massive unemployment. But still, people somehow adapted. The main character is a policeman who does not feel warm feelings for robots. He has to investigate the murder in which the robot is involved, and moreover, there is a suspicion that he could violate one of the basic laws of robotics.

    The child of man (2006)



    Humanity is living out its last years. For the past 18 years, children have not been born on the whole planet. Scientists cannot find the cause of this curse that befell the human race. Around reigns crime, millions of immigrants, poverty and lack of faith in the future. The ex-wife calls the main character and asks for help to one person. It turned out to be a young woman, the only pregnant in the whole world.

    Mist (2007)



    The film is based on the book of the same name by Stephen King. The main characters, father and his little son, went shopping at the supermarket. However, they chose a very bad time for shopping: after the storm, a strange fog fell in their city, in which something was hidden, from which it is better to stay away.

    I am a legend (2007)



    An unknown epidemic struck humanity, the vast majority died, and a certain proportion turned into very dangerous creatures that could not tolerate daylight (no, not vampires). The only surviving protagonist, a military microbiologist, lives with his faithful dog in an empty metropolis and tries to create a cure.

    Monstro (2008)



    The film is stylized as an amateur video. New York is attacked in the evening by a giant creature that has risen from the depths of the bay (hi Godzilla). A group of young people gathered at that moment at a party trying to escape from the chaos-ridden city.

    District No 9 (2009)



    A peppy and rather untidy film. In the recent past, an alien ship arrived on Earth and hovered over Johannesburg, the capital of South Africa. It turned out that it was packed with insect-like humanoid refugee aliens. It was not possible to drive them home, I had to allocate a plot in the suburbs for them to live. He received the name "district number 9". Over time, the camp turned into a ghetto-slum. Once patience with the authorities ran out, and the aliens decided to relocate away from the city.

    Mr. Nobody (2009)



    This film is a kaleidoscope, a mystery film. The biotechnology of the future has finally enabled us to defeat the aging process, and the world is filled with immortal youth. The protagonist is 120 years old, and he is the last surviving old man. Talking about his biography to a slippery reporter, grandfather realizes that he seemed to have lived three completely different lives.

    Moon 2112 (2009)



    After three years of lonely shift at the lunar gas production station, Sam begins to pack up for the return flight home. But shortly before the date of departure, something inexplicable begins to happen with his memory, he begins to see very strange hallucinations. In general, some unhealthy things are clearly happening at the station.

    Start (2010)



    The film is based on the idea of ​​penetrating other people's dreams. A group of talented adventurers is engaged in masterfully “connecting” to sleeping people in order to steal their industrial and commercial secrets. Once they decide on the biggest thing in their life, they need not steal an idea, but quietly introduce it into the consciousness of one important person. But it turned out to be a very difficult task.

    Tron: Legacy (2010) The



    logical sequel to the 1982 Tron movie. This time, the main character was the son of programmer Kevin Flynn, who was the main character in the first film. Kevin mysteriously disappears, and the son begins the search. He also enters the virtual universe, finds his father there, and together they try to get out of there.

    Areas of Darkness (2011)



    One New York writer has lost inspiration and cannot write a single line. The same thing, only allegorically, can be said about his personal life. And here one old acquaintance who is offered miraculous tablets comes up. They gave an unprecedented creative inspiration, gave confidence in affairs with the opposite sex and generally inspired. Alas, the action did not last long. Coming for a new batch, our writer found his supplier dead. It turned out that tablets are needed by various influential people, and the miracle of pharmaceuticals itself has serious side effects.

    The loop of time (2012)



    In the future, they invented a way to travel in time. It is not known how they began to use this opportunity with good intentions, but organized crime took advantage of this invention with fiction. The victim was sent back in time, and as soon as a person appeared from the void, he was immediately killed by the killer. An excellently worked out scheme failed when a young, skillful and soulless killer was sent from the future to eliminate himself, only in years.

    She (2013)



    In the not too distant future, artificial intelligence technology has developed so much that it has become possible to create an incredibly realistic virtual personality. More precisely, a virtual assistant. The novelty went on sale under the name OS 1. The protagonist, who has not found the strength to sign divorce documents for a long time, works at the company to compose personal letters to order. Having bought a new OS for the sake of interest, he is surprised to discover this achievement of high technology.

    Oblivion (2013)



    Great post apocalyptic thriller. In the future, the Earth was attacked by aliens. As a result of a long battle, the planet was devastated, but people managed to win. Remains of the population left their homeland unsuitable for habitation and moved to Titan. However, to maintain the life of the colony, water is needed, which giant automatic stations produce on Earth. To watch over them, there are two officers on duty whose term of stay here is soon ending. But one fine day, an old spaceship crashes nearby, in which one survivor is discovered.

    Edge of the Future (2014)



    Groundhog Day under the guise of a war with aliens. In the near future, the Earth was attacked by aliens, who gradually conquered more and more new territories. People united in their confrontation with the invaders, but still the allied armies gradually retreated around the world. The American lieutenant colonel arrives in Europe as a war reporter. But by chance he finds himself in the midst of battle. In battle, he encounters a representative of a rare species of aliens, and, having killed him, dies himself. But right there he “resurrects” in the past, a day before the start of the battle. And each time dying in a new way, he again and again returns to the same moment.

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    We deliberately did not write about some of the largest films and adaptations of comics released in recent years, everyone knows about them already. But what else would you add?

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