Review of Stowaway (2021) by Moviemandave — 24 Apr 2021

I like SF movies. And if they are set in an arena of space travel that we already know a lot about, then I kinda expect it to be factually correct. But a short way into the movie I realised this is not one of them. These are the highlights that ruined it for me: A stowaway behind a screwed down panel with no decent explanation on how he got there in the first place. 12 hours into the journey where they could travel 5 months to Mars but not abort mission. Seriously?

A spacewalk , to retrieve an oxygen cylinder, where the astronauts are over exerting themselves on an ascent because of gravity effects...in space. Then in the next scene, gliding along the anchor wire, but this time completely free hand and no safety rope or wire. And then returning with a life saving oxygen tank in hand, which by the way is not secured to any part of her body or suite, only to be lost anyway because she could not brake on descent. Yes you read it correctly...could not brake on descent ...in space. I doubt real astronauts would suffer any of those mistakes. I think this was done just to heighten the drama with no real regard for credibility or viewer intelligence. I stopped watching at that point.