Sputnik (2020)

★ 6.5 1h 53m 966 votes IMDb

Drama Horror Sci-Fi

At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him…

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Cast

Oksana Akinshina as Tatyana Klimova Age 38 · Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia] Oksana Akinshina was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), where she currently lives. Her father was a car mechanic and her mother an accountant. She has a youn...

Fyodor Bondarchuk as Colonel Semiradov Age 58 · Moscow, USSR Fyodor Sergeyevich Bondarchuk (born 9 May 1967) is a Russian film director and actor. He is the director of the acclaimed film The 9th Company, and producer of the 2006 film Heat, where he starred as...

Pyotr Fyodorov as Konstantin Veshnyakov Age 43 · Moscow, USSR Pyotr Fyodorov was born on April 21, 1982. He is an actor and producer, known forStalingrad (2013), The Darkest Hour - En 3D (2011) and Obitaemyy ostrov (2009)..

Anton Vasilyev as Yan Rigel Age 42 · Leningrad, USSR (St. Petersburg, Russia)

Aleksey Demidov as Kirill Averchenko Age 38 · Gorky, USSR (Nizhny Novgorod, Russia)

Anna Nazarova as Nurse Age 33 · Anadyr, Magadan region, USSR (Russia)

Director Egor Abramenko

Cast Oksana Akinshina, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Pyotr Fyodorov, Anton Vasilyev, Aleksey Demidov, Anna Nazarova, Albrecht Sander, Vitaliya Kornienko, Vasily Zotov, Aleksandr Marushev

MovieGuys Jun 17, 2020

There's a genuine sense of creeping biological dread in "The Sputnik".

Obviously, the immediate point of gravity for this film is Ridley Scotts 1979 film "Alien". Let me start by saying the resemblance is only superifcal. This is very much its own film. Unlike "Alien" that ramps up the pace as the terror increases, The Sputnik is a slow burn sci fi. Yes, its an alien monster mash up but utlimately its as much psychological, as it is literal.

Does it work? Well, sort of. There's some moments of genuine tension and terror, as well as a sickening sense of what people are capable of doing, to each other. Who's the real monster is a question that sticks its ugly head up.

Action is on offer too but its very brief and over almost before it begins. Whats left is interesting but does not serve up enough "bite" on the action or psychological terror front, to really amount to more than a entree, when a main is called for.

6/10 from me.

SWITCH. 6/10 Sep 30, 2020

Egor Abramenko's movie puts the characters in perilous situations where no answer seems like the right answer, leaving you wanting to know what happens next, and keeping the audience engaged. Although it doesn't reinvent the wheel, 'Sputnik' is an effective monster flick that touches upon human nature and the moral choices people have to make when it comes to life and death.
- Jake Watt

Read Jake's full article...
https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-sputnik-a-familiar-lethal-movie-monster

Repo Jack 7/10 Oct 21, 2020

If you watched the excellent "Life" sci-fi horror thriller, this is its spiritual sequel. A cosmonaut returns with an alien life form in this slow-burn Russian export.

tmdb15435519 8/10 Apr 15, 2021

Wow. There is a lot to praise here.

The cinematography, score, and writing are all excellent. The acting is very strong, from Oksana Akinshina (who hasn't changed a bit since playing a minor but important role in The Bourne Supremacy) to Pyotr Fyodorov, nearly the entire cast is excellent. 4 out of 5 mainly because I have no benchmark. Hope to see more excellent films like this from Russia in the next few years.