Réalisation:
Egor AbramenkoPhotographie:
Maksim ZhukovMusique:
Oleg KarpachevActeurs·trices:
Oksana Akinshina, Pyotr Fyodorov, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Anton Vasilev, Анна Назарова, Vasiliy Zotov, Natalya ShvetsRésumés(1)
Suite à un mystérieux incident dans l’espace, la mission de Constantin prend une tournure dramatique : son vaisseau se crashe, et son acolyte meurt dans d’inquiétantes circonstances. Mais plus étrange encore, Constantin semble ne se souvenir de rien. Il est alors amené dans un centre militaire ultra-confidentiel pour suivre une série de tests afin de faire la lumière sur ce qui s’est réellement passé durant la mission. Tatiana, psychologue de renom, s’intéresse de près à son cas, et commence à réaliser l’impensable : Constantin n’est pas revenu seul, quelque chose sommeille en lui. Quelque chose qui pourrait tous les mettre en danger… (Condor)
(plus)Critiques (4)
L'idée d'un film d'horreur science-fiction à l'américaine avec un pseudo-alien dans une station de recherche militaire au milieu du désert kazakh (en 1983), est conçue par les Russes comme un drame humain sur un cosmonaute parasité et une scientifique qui veut l'aider car elle est amoureuse de lui. Cependant, avec une esthétique visuelle américaine, des clichés de genre et des personnages archétypaux que nous connaissons déjà (un colonel inhumain à la commande, un scientifique enthousiaste avec une conscience, etc.). Une bonne production et de bons acteurs, mais l'expérience pour le spectateur est peu surprenante et légèrement ennuyant.
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A solid Russian sci-fi film with a nice main monster. After crashing in orbit, a cosmonaut brings back something alien from outer space and is imprisoned, examined and tested. At first glance the film seemed like it was going to be a rip-off of Alien, but the Russians go their own way and it's fine. The film is suspenseful and atmospheric rather than action packed (three scenes had me holding my breath nicely), and there was some gore, with one scene being downright delicious – I watched it three times immediately. The film is of course also on a great technical level, the thumping music is excellent, which adds to the cramped atmosphere, and I enjoyed the actors as well. Similarly-tuned genre films come out once a year with luck, so despite the minor flaws (the creature could have done more mischief) I'm happy with this one. Story***, Action***, Humor>No, Violence***, Entertainment****, Music****, Visuals****, Atmosphere****, Suspense****.7.5/10.
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I enjoyed this film about a Soviet encounter with a space parasite (or symbiote) a lot. I managed to see past the logic holes this time, thus being able to enjoy the whole thing without suffering any cultural shock from not hearing the otherwise ubiquitous English. Plus, to my surprise, I found that I didn't need subtitles all that much, I even sometimes noticed inaccuracies in them. So, for various reasons, I'm giving it four stars.
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This really surprised me in a positive way! I can always enjoy films with an extraterrestrial theme, so the initial trailers for Sputnik caught my interest right away. For a Russian film, it's technically almost flawless; it matches or sometimes even surpasses its American genre counterparts in terms of audiovisual quality. Sputnik managed to captivate me with its interesting idea of an alien living in symbiosis with its host (which has a slight resemblance to the facehugger from Scott’s Alien). I appreciated the idea involving cortisol within endocrinology (this script choice pleasantly surprised me). Of course, in the span of two hours, there’s quite a bit of "filler" material that only serves to extend the runtime; personally, I would have cut about 20 minutes. Otherwise, there’s minimal action, but what is there is well-shot, quite clear, and reasonably brutal (they don’t skimp on the blood). It’s not a perfect piece, but within its genre, it definitely belongs to the upper tier. For me, it’s 7.5/10.
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