There is something fascinating about "Europa Report" despite all the science fiction jargon.
Minutes into the film we discover that the crew in the film are in trouble. The rest of the film dedicates its time telling us how we reached this point, but you know the crew is in trouble from the beginning. And why wouldn't they be? They are in space after all.
The film is directed by Sebastian Cordero. In it Samantha Unger (Embeth Daviditz) sends a crew to Europa (one of Jupiter's moons) to discover whether or not there is life there as there is water on the moon.
The crew heads off to Europa. The film acts as a found footage film with the audience glimpsing into the lives of these astronauts through the cameras found on board their ship. There is nothing exciting going on at first, yet you are not bored watching them live on the ship.
As they are so far from Earth, the communications fail and the astronauts are left on their own. This is when the tension truly starts to build, as they are alone in space. This is also when things start to go wrong.
The film is simple and devoid of intense action scenes. Instead we are treated to the relationships the crew has with one another. This is a nice touch as too many films feel as though they have to do something drastic to keep the audiences' attention.
The crew consists of pilot Rosa (Anamaria Marinca), commander William (Daniel Wu), engineer Andrei (Michael Nyqvist), and science officer James (Sharlto Copley).
This is a story that has been done many times. There is nothing tremendously original about it, but it does have a scary feel to it. There is tension with everything the crew does especially since one screw up can mean the end for everybody.
They are all extremely passionate about their mission. They don't always make the smartest decisions, but neither are most people when they are on the brink of a major scientific discovery.
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