All this has happened, and a long time ago. Capricorn One (1978), The Big Space Journey (1975), Sex Mission (1983), Island (2005) – people think they are flying into space, or they are being taught another illusion, and they are all the time in a closed laboratory on Earth. Pelevin’s novel “Omon Ra” has a similar theme. The topic was
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All this has happened, and a long time ago. Capricorn One (1978), The Big Space Journey (1975), Sex Mission (1983), Island (2005) – people think they are flying into space, or they are being taught another illusion, and they are all the time in a closed laboratory on Earth. Pelevin’s novel “Omon Ra” has a similar theme. The topic was also in various short films. And so in 2017, they're doing exactly the same thing, but they're trying to suck out a love drama that I don't believe in as a viewer because the situation is improbable. A young woman is sent to her enclosed bunker as a technician by the same man – it is likely that they slept together and created a personal relationship. But they would send a woman or, for example, an old man - and that's it, there will be no problem. But where do military scientists think of this? Or another moment: there are 10 such test bunkers, but the main character fell in love with this woman, and the rest apparently were not enough (although they are exactly the same clones). There's a twist with these clones in the movie for some reason, and what does it give the plot? What would have changed if Helena was just a human being? Nothing. Many scenes in the film are frankly meaningless, for example, the authors tried to stir up tension in the scene with the holographic room at the psychologist, but for this all the characters are doing some nonsense: the characters stand still, although they just had to lie on the floor, and the system would not detect them, and the military for some reason mocking the hostage, although it was enough for them just to enter the room. Why Helena gave up at the end, it remains completely incomprehensible: physical training would have been enough for her to jump, she did not know about the skin disease, she has a loved one and a new life, and she just takes and gives up all this for... nothing. There are also questions about the setting itself. It is claimed that the Earth is polluted and must be dropped, although the usual pure rain pours from the sky, and in general all scenes in nature are completely ordinary. I believe that the low budget did not allow you to show bad ecology, but then why even stutter about a topic that you can not bring to the screen? In general, the film leaves a bad impression: good did not win, evil also did not achieve any result justifying the plot, space technology did not advance, a woman psychologist died for nothing, the child was separated from his parents. Why did I watch this?
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