2009 · sci-fi · tv-movie · drama
Virtuality
Directed by Peter Berg1h 27m2009
Twelve extremely talented men and women have been chosen to be part of the Phaeton mission, a 10-year trek to explore a distant planetary system. In order to endure the stress of being confined to their high-tech vessel, the crew passes the time using advanced virtual reality modules that allow them to take on various identities. But as the ship approaches a critical phase of their journey, a deadly flaw is discovered in the virtual system, forcing them to question if someone onboard might be a killer.
Our read: Virtuality (2009) reads as a sombre, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · tv-movie · drama entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured sci-fi / tv-movie, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
- sombre
- brisk
- cold
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