The Astronaut 4K 2025

The title promises science fiction, the poster promises space, and you want at least a hint of the atmosphere of The Martian or Interstellar. But the film turns out to be completely earthbound: there is no space theme, no genre promise, no horror here.

The main problem is the absolute illogicality of what is happening, especially in those episodes where the special services fit into the plot. In theory, if the state is seriously monitoring an object of potential extraterrestrial origin, there should be posts, cameras, sensors, traps, and round-the-clock surveillance near the house. In reality, the heroine simply calls her supervisor when “something happens,” and he, looking like a taxi driver, starts driving from somewhere far away. This creates a sense of farce: either the structure is incompetent, or the script did not bother to think through the basic logic.

The aliens also look unconvincing. According to the idea, they should inspire terror, but in the end, they just “hang around” meaninglessly: they walk around the house for too long, as if deliberately trying to stretch out the screen time. Their actions do not correspond to the image of a highly developed race, the horror genre, or even the internal logic of the film. The viewer does not understand what they want, why they act so sluggishly, and how they are connected to what is happening.

The telekinesis scene at the beginning of the film stands out in particular — an ability that suddenly appears, is never explained, and has no further impact on the plot. This is a typical example of a dropped plot thread: it is introduced to intrigue the viewer, and then simply forgotten.

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