Project Hail Mary

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Synopsis:

Project Hail Mary (2026) is a sci-fi film directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller, adapted from the hard sci-fi novel by Andy Weir, the author of The Martian. Ryland Grace awakens from a coma aboard the spaceship Hail Mary, 12 light-years from Earth, with no memory of who he is or why he’s there. The two other crew members are already dead. Slowly, his memories return and start to remember that Earth is dying because of a microorganism called “Astrophage” that is consuming the Sun, causing global temperatures to drop by 10–15 degrees and threatening billions of lives.

Grace is a former molecular biologist who became a science teacher, forcibly recruited by international coordinator, Eva Stratt, for a suicide mission to the star named Tau Ceti — the only star that hasn’t dimmed despite being infected by Astrophage. The goal: find out why Tau Ceti survived and send the data back to Earth.

This film stars: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Huller, James Ortiz, Ken Leung and more.

In my opinion:

I was hesitant to watch this film at first, because there was a chance I’d be confused watching a movie about space. There are some astronomy terms and substances here, but luckily I could follow it well enough. The story isn’t complicated — it’s a mission to save the world from a “thing” called Astrophage, which can devour the sun. The bottom line is that the apocalypse will happen if it isn’t stopped. Remember the film Armageddon? That’s what I thought from the moment I started watching this. Then what happened? Turns out this film is unlike any other.

Let’s think about it simply: there’s a team of humans from Earth sent into space for a mission to save Earth, and that’s it. They’re sent to investigate a star or planet that apparently can’t be consumed by Astrophage. Unexpectedly, all the crew die except for one scientist. He has to fight to carry out this mission. Is that all? Oh... no. On this mission, he meets... an alien... YES THAT’S RIGHT... AN ALIEN!!! How unlucky he is!

Don’t think this will be like the Alien films where it’s dangerous and wants to kill or even eat humans. It turns out this alien has the same problem as humans on Earth (this alien comes from a planet called Erid). They also have a problem with Astrophage! WOW, this is the first time I’ve seen a story like this. Sorry if I’m being hyperbolic, but this film is truly touching. This is the first time I’ve sympathized with an Alien, because he’s not evil — he cares and wants to help. I really love this film.

This is Hollywood-grade material, with absolutely beautiful visuals, audio, and cinematography. I was truly amazed by the outer space visuals in this film and had to accept the fact that our Earth is so tiny. For those of you who like space fiction films that also include drama about friendship, intellectual humility, and a realistic version of bravery, I highly, highly recommend this film. Wunderbar!

For me this one is 9/10.