Movie

Countdown

1967 · 101 min

A slow-burning, low-key space-race thriller that trades spectacle for procedural tension and a quietly grim sense of isolation.

Tagline: The motion picture that puts a man on the moon and you follow him every terrifying second of the way.
Overview: Desperate to land a man on the moon before Russia does, NASA hastily preps a would-be spaceman for a mission that would leave him alone in a lunar shelter for a year.
How it feels: Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, isolation, ambition, politics
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
ambition
politics
death
Places: space
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none