2017 was the year of sci-fi movies with a series of plots that kept fans riveted to the seats of the cinemas. Between adrenaline-pumping action, lively comedy and thoughtful futurism, everyone could find something for themselves. And here are the best sci-fi movies of 2017.
Another year will also see the conclusion of the Labyrinth trilogy, which is based on the books by James Dashner. The film was supposed to hit the big screen this year, but an on-set injury to lead actor Dylan O'Brien pushed the shoot back a year.
The cult psychological thriller The Thin Line of Death from 1990 will also get a remake this year. The story once again follows a group of students experimenting with procedures that result in near death. But this provokes dire consequences.
Four years ago, South Korean director Joon Ho Bong won praise with the thriller Snowpiercer, where the passengers of the train represented the last surviving inhabitants of a world that was too cold for normal life due to a natural disaster.
The mighty celestial warrior Thor returns to the big screen in the film Thor: Ragnarok, which will be the 17th film of Marvel Studios. 2017 will once again bear rich fruit for fans of Marvel superheroes. In addition to the new Thor, there is also a new Spider-Man and a sequel to the Guardians of the Galaxy movie.
Few people know that Keanu Reeves could be replaced by Will Smith in the famous role of Neo from The Matrix (1999). For all of you who have ever wondered how a successful Hollywood actor, shot into the stratosphere by the TV series The Prince of Bel-Air and a role in the film Despicable Me, would fare in a sci-fi action thriller with Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano and Hugo Weaving from directors Andy and Larry Wachowski, you can see this in the excellent editing of The Unusual Suspect.
More and more Hollywood studios are hesitant to invest tens of millions of dollars in film projects, but they are welcomed with open arms by Netflix and Amazon, which show films on their platforms and send them to cinemas through external partners. It is an increasingly common phenomenon. Martin Scorsese's next project The Irishman will also grow in this way, as did Beasts of No Nation, and the films 13th and Manchester by the Sea. The film Bright with Will Smith, which takes place in the near future, also follows this path. In it, Smith relives his days chasing down mean boys and monsters. Even now, he is a cop who lives among strange creatures.
The Space Between Us is a space adventure that tells the story of a boy who, after growing up on Mars for 16 years, comes to Earth to find his father and find out where he belongs. Peter Chelsom's film stars Asa Butterfield and Britt Robertson.
Blade Runner 2049 is the sequel to the cult science fiction film from 1982, a film voted by scientists around the world as the best science fiction film of all time. In the sequel to The Exterminator, Harrison Ford returns as police chief Rick Deckard, and he will be joined on screen by Ryan Gosling as a new hunter of outlawed replicants (genetically modified human clones).
Film Attraction or Prityazhenie, as the original title is, is proof that the Russians also know how to shoot high-budget sci-fi spectacles with Hollywood-worthy special effects. It's about an invasion of Aliens who land outside of American territory for a change.
Cara Delevingne and Rihanna in a movie together? Yes please! Luc Besson's latest film Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets is based on the 1967 French comedy series Valerian and Laurel, starring Cara Delevingne and Dane DeHaan. Singer Rihanna also appears in an interesting role in the film with a budget of 170 million euros. You know what he can do?
Maybe it's because we were inspired by the recently released film Interstellar, or maybe it's just because we want to escape to other planets these cold days - we've put together a selection of ten science fiction movies that every real man should know. Are you among them?