2024 · sci-fi · thriller · space
Planet B
Directed by Aude Léa Rapin1h 58m2024
France, 2039. One night, a group of activists who are being pursued by the State vanish without a trace. Julia Bombarth is one of them. When she awakens, she finds herself trapped in an entirely unfamiliar world: PLANET B.
Our read: Planet B (2024) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · thriller · space entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured sci-fi / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
- cold
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