Capsule
2015 · Movie · PG-13 · 91 min · ★ 5.1 · 66% critics
In 1959, a lone pilot becomes the face of a secretive British push into space during the Cold War. Trapped in a cramped capsule with failing systems and dwindling oxygen, he struggles to stay conscious while fractured radio contacts from multiple countries offer conflicting guidance on how—and where—to get back to Earth.
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Details
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2016-04-27
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Critic score
- 66/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.1/10 (82 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you’re into claustrophobic, talky survival thrillers and alternate-history space stories like The Midnight Sky, where tension comes from isolation and uncertainty; Not for you if you want fast action or clear, tidy answers.
Pros: tense one-person survival setup; Cold War radio intrigue; some period detail | Cons: slow, repetitive pacing; uneven realism; ending divides viewers
Themes
- spacecraft
- spy
- deception
- alone
- space
- astronaut
- 1950s
- soviet
- hypoxia
Cast & crew
Edmund Kingsley
as Guy Taylor
Lisa Greenwood
as Charlotte Taylor
David Wayman
as Harry Lyndhurst
Nigel Barber
as Agent Mike Spann
Gil Kolirin
as Graham Bennett
Michael Koltes
as Bob Elijah
- GP
Ged Petkunas
as Viktor Korolev
- ER
Edgar Rove
as Pavel Patsaev
- DS
Dimitar Stoyanov
as Valentin Desyatkov
- JF
Josephine Fellows
as Anna Tsiolkovsky
Directed by Andrew Martin