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Virtuality (2009)

Virtuality poster
Directed by
Peter Berg
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
M
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 92 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A spaceship crew travels to find a new home after Earth becomes uninhabitable. When their virtual reality system starts malfunctioning, it causes dangerous problems that could ruin the mission.

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What happens

Virtuality is a 2009 American science fiction drama television film directed by Peter Berg and written by Michael Taylor and Ronald D. Moore. Originally filmed for the Fox network as a television pilot for a series that was not commissioned, it aired on the network as a standalone film on June 26, 2009. It features the crew of Phaeton, a spaceship designed to search for a hospitable planet in a nearby star system after an ecological catastrophe in near-future Earth. While approaching the point of no return, the crew experiences problems with their virtual reality entertainment system, which quickly escalate and threaten their mission. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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