BioShock: Beginning The underwater city is a truly fantastic and romantic image. It's a kind of challenge to nature itself, a proof of humanity's power, its ability to survive anywhere and conquer anything. The film follows the pioneers of hydronautics whose enthusiasm works wonders. While the world recovers from the first manned flight into space, ambitious Dr. Halstead, concerned about the future of mankind, realizes the work of his life to build an underwater settlement, which is possible, alas, not without human casualties. The miracle of engineering, over whose construction the whole world watched, is inhabited by a motley group of enthusiasts, from a cheerful cowboy to a brilliant engineer. They argue, have fun, fall in love. Despite the ending, the film shows us the first stage of man’s consolidation of leadership over the depths of the sea and, in addition, raises the still pressing issue of the survival of mankind with its suicidal nature, as well as discusses the problem of overpopulation of the world and the accompanying famine. The film is shot perfectly, but will not go to many viewers who are accustomed to the abundance of computer graphics. No, it's real, maybe even a giant moray eel fight with a giant octopus. The underwater city in the film is not the metropolis of BioShock’s Delight, built in the Art Deco style and inspired by Ayn Rand’s “reasonable selfishness” and her novel Atlas Shrugged (the creators of BioShock, on the contrary, wanted to show the absurdity of her philosophy). The city in the film, or rather the village, is only an intermediate stage, populated by people with the same beliefs as on the surface. This is a grand experiment to survive in non-standard conditions and, I must say, it was a success. As already mentioned, the film is for fans of pure fiction without focusing on computer graphics. The latter, by the way, recently only spoils the picture, creating a feeling similar to the “sinister valley”. But for anyone who loves underwater themes in the atmosphere of romance of pioneers, I highly recommend this film!