CARGO The best sci-fi movie I've seen recently!

I have just finished watching what I think to be one of the best science-fiction movies I've seen in a very long time. And SURPRISE it's from Switzerland.

Here's the website for it, there's a trailer http://www.cargoderfilm.ch/. If you can't find it at the video store or online anywhere, you can buy it here Cargo (2009).

From the very first few minutes of the movie you know you're in store for state-of-the-art special effects, and none of those cheesy effects that look like a cartoon. And none of the big BLAST fireball explosions either. This is a a true science-fiction movie, not a shoot-'em-up popcorn flick.

Imagine most of Earth's population living in gigantic and very old space stations orbiting Earth because the planet has finally become very near to being totally uninhabitable. The solution? Go to planet Rhea, where terraforming has made it habitable. But it's very expensive to travel there and not everyone can go. The movie's heroine, Dr. Portmann, has a sister who did make it there, many years ago, by winning a lottery and getting a Visa to travel. Now Dr. Portmann has signed up to be crew doctor on a cargo ship, an 8-year stint, bringing supplies and building materials to a distant space station. Four years there, four years back. But she'll earn enough money to pay for a trip to Rhea and rejoin her sister and family.

The cargo ship is old, cranky and huge. Similar to the old and worn Nostromo in Alien (1979). Add a bit of mystery and a few thrills, all surrounded by some of the best special effects and sets you'll ever see, and you have the makings of a wonderful science-fiction movie.

Don't let the sub-titles scare you, there isn't that much dialogue. Just watch it. Enjoy true sci-fi for a change.






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