the combination of director danny boyle and writer alex garland and actor cillian murphy should have mean that sunshine be the best film of the year so far . sadly it meaningless drivel . there be two kind of space movie . the first be those with shoot and or or alien ( star war and serenity and alien etc ) . then there be those in which the focus of the film be on people go mad in space for no well explain reason ( solaris and 2001 and silent run etc ) . sunshine fall into the latter category . if you have knowingly see a tarkofsky film then go and see sunshine youre bound to be able to find some spurious justification for why it be meaningful . spoilera group of ethnically diverse astronaut be in the final leg of the second and last mission to chuck a cosmic paint can into the sun in an attempt to restart it . nothing much happen until the crew discover that the ship from the first mission be still orbit the sun . the crew then decide that they would rather be in alien than solaris and go to investigate . naturally someone be still alive on the original spaceship . this survive loony have a god complex and a bad case of sunburn and the ability to blur film . he kill everyone except cillian murphy who manage to detonate the bomb and everyone on earth be save hooray . apparently represent 1 ) sentient super computer aren not very good at provide useful information such a there an extra person on board or shall we make sure the mirror be adjust before turn the ship . 2 ) vitally irreplaceable section of space ship often explode and or or catch fire for no reason . provide backup system ( or even fire extinguisher ) be apparently pointless and unnecessary . 3 ) computer that rely on complex liquid cool device to function do not require emergency shut offs . or spare . 4 ) gold lame space suit be in . 5 ) all derelict space ship should be investigate in case they contain plot device . 6 ) if the sun be go out restart it will be a doddle . end spoilerthere be some people who may decide this be the in thing . me and i would rather watch space trucker again . and that say something . i would give it some point for the special effect but really and give that none of them serve the story in any useful way and i can not even justify that . negative .