Attraction (2017)
1h 57m | PG-13
After an alien ship crash lands in a Russian city, many who see the inside and the occupants start to question their own existence while others demand the aliens leave Earth.
Director: Fyodor Bondarchuk
Studio: Vodorod 2011
Genre: Drama, Romance, Science Fiction, Adventure
Video: 720p
Cast
Irina Starshenbaum
as Yulya Lebedeva
Alexander Petrov
as Artyom (Tom)
Rinal Mukhametov
as Haakon / Khariton
Oleg Menshikov
as Colonel Lebedev
Sergey Garmash
as Vice-Prime Minister
Nikita Kukushkin
as Ruslan (Rus)
Reviews
An huge spacecraft crash lands in Moscow and amongst the ensuing chaos, we have the usual militaristic shoot 'em brigade versus the more peaceful let's get to know them approach as one of the occupants leaves the ship to explain that all they want is to repair it and move on. The daughter of the military commander, her boyfriend and their geeky friend make contact with him and he takes a bit of a shine to her. Now we embark on a rather silly adventure story with some really disappointing acting; a seriously stilted comedy script and even an inter-special blood transfusion! This story itself is more of a romance than anything else and reminded me a little of Noah Wyle's "Falling Skies" - mostly CGI, and not great CGI at that - but it is not, however, any worse than many big budget Hollywood sci-fi productions (i.e. "Independence Day: Resurgence") The almost Disney-esque dubbing really doesn't help either; I would far rather have seen it with subtitles... oh, and it's far too long!