Europa Report: Incredible Science-Faction

After waiting expectantly for a film about a space mission to Europa, I never expected the first to be such a realistic depiction. 

For someone interested in what it would really be like to be on such a mission Europa Report will be satisfying and riveting. For someone more intrigued with extrapolation on the possibilities this could be a disappointment. [I fit in with the latter group.] 

To the film maker's credit this is incredible Science-Faction, not typical, outlandish Sci-Fi - but it proved to me how much I live for the imaginative, even unbelievable, side of Sci-Fi. The tense and suspenseful situations [Spoiler Alert - that often end in the death of a crew member] went by too quickly and simply for me, even if that is likely how it would really happen. 

 So watch Europa Report for it's stunningly accurate visuals and facts, not for mind-blowing imagination. It's more a report on the difficulties facing a mission to Europa, than on the planet itself. 

 Mark Twain said “Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't.” And in this case fiction may have stuck too closely to the real possibilities - and maybe the truth will be much stranger...? 

My Rating 62/100