The Titan (2018)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2018
	Director: Lennart Ruff
	Actors: Sam Worthington (Rogue, Avatar), Taylor Schilling (Argo, Orange is the new Black TV-series, Tom Wilkinson (The Full Monty, The Grand Budapest Hotel)
	Country: USA, E, GB
	Genre: Action, SF
	Conditions of visioning: 06.04.2018, VOD, 32" TV screen.
Synopsis: In an attempt to save mankind from a doomed future, Lieutenant Rick Janssen (Worthington) volunteers for a program which goal is to create enhanced humans that could live on Saturn's moon Titan.
Review: I had seen the trailer for this movie and was surprised that it was available so soon on Netflix. For such a blockbuster I was expecting a cinema release before the online one, but I guess things work differently nowadays. Talking about the trailer, I have to say it is the worst thing about this movie. The Titan is relatively short (97 minutes) and half of it is spent painting the characters so that we can better relate to them, but then what little time is left for Action and Suspense was spoiled by the trailer. OK one could expect that things would go bad of course, but it is different when is actually shown to you. Besides that disappointment, the story of doomed Earth in The Titan reminds of several other recent movies, in particular Interstellar with which it shares a striking poster resemblance (look at that vertical stripe). I didn't find the scientific justification for creating a monster very plausible, but I accept that those difficult times would allow Mad scientists to do a bit more what they want. It is nice to see Sam Worthington, rather absent since Avatar, and in general all actors are quite good, and the story flows well (when not spoiler by the trailer). Unfortunately, I was left at the end with a taste of unfinished, by a movie either too short or not ambitious enough although well done, and definitely any surprise effect was spoiler by the trailer.
Rating: 5 /10