Sci-fi instead of the European Football Championship! On Saturday, three science fiction films worth seeing came out one after the other and it’s also worth streaming them
You’re not interested in the European Football Championship, or at least not at the weekend? Then we have a recommendation for you: On TV, three exciting sci-fi films were shown one after the other on Saturday, providing thrilling entertainment from start to finish. It started with Riddick, then came Gattaca and ended with District 9. If that’s nothing else!
This is what Riddick – Chronicles of a Warrior is all about
Riddick (Vin Diesel) is still on the run five years after the events of Pitch Black – Planet of Darkness and gets caught up in the chaos of an intergalactic war. Among other things, he has to deal with the Lord Marshal (Colm Feore) and his Necromonger troops, who want to subjugate the universe. In the process, he learns a lot about himself and his origins.
Instead of EM: What happens in Gattaca, the second sci-fi film of the marathon?
Gattaca tells of a slick, dystopian future in which everything revolves around the ideal genes. Only very few people still have children in the traditional way; everyone else is optimized. Although discrimination against “invalids” is actually forbidden, they are denied the best jobs. In the midst of this, the genetically imperfect Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) tries to become an astronaut anyway and runs the risk of his scam being exposed.
This is the story of District 9, the best sci-fi movie of the marathon
District 9 turns the dystopian screw even harder and strands insectoid aliens on Earth. From now on, they have to eke out an existence in a kind of refugee camp and are harassed by the government, its troops and gangs. When the aliens are to be relocated, a human (Sharlto Copley) comes into contact with a liquid that slowly turns him into an alien himself. Which makes him a desirable target, because in order to use the alien weapons, you need their DNA.
While things get off to a fairly simple and above all action-heavy start in the form of Riddick, the really heavy sci-fi guns are brought out with Gattaca and District 9. Both raise philosophical and moral questions, which are debated here in their very own way. District 9, in particular, is not afraid to put its finger firmly in the gaping wound and sprinkle in some salt
