Movie

Sputnik

2020 · 113 min

A cold, claustrophobic slow-burn that blends Soviet-era dread with intimate body horror and moral unease.

Tagline: The only survivor did not come back alone.
Overview: At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him…
How it feels: Dark, tense, bleak and eerie. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, survival, morality, parenthood
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
survival
morality
parenthood
identity
Places: military
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild