The Inhabited Island (2008)

Original title

Обитаемый остров

Directed by

Fyodor Bondarchuk

Genre

action film, adventure film, science fiction film, dystopian fiction

Country

Russia

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

12

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 113 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A space explorer crash-lands on a post-apocalyptic planet ruled by a totalitarian regime that brainwashes its citizens. He gets pulled into the planet's political struggles.

tensebleakaction-packedsuspensefulvisually ambitiousdystopianfast-pacedcerebral

What happens

Dark Planet (original Russian title: Обитаемый остров, romanized: Obitaemyy ostrov, lit. 'The Inhabited Island') is a two-part Russian science fiction film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk. The film was adapted by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko from the 1969 novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky of the same Russian name, published in English as Prisoners of Power; a part of the Noon Universe series. It is a dystopian story set on post-apocalyptic planet Saraksh, ruled by a totalitarian regime that brainwashes its citizens. Maxim Kammerer, a space explorer from Earth, crash-lands on Saraksh and becomes involved in the planet's everboiling politics. The movie was released as two separate films, in December 2008 and April 2009, respectively. The film was met with mixed reviews. It was praised for its visual style, social commentary and being faithful to the original novel, but also criticized for its direction, editing, and casting. Dark Planet was made with one of the largest budgets for Russian cinema at the time and despite huge box office earnings and DVD sales the movie was considered a financial disappointment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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