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'Effective space alien horror with a Soviet-era twist, Sputnik proves there are still some scary good
sci-fi thrillers left in the galaxy'
-- Rotten Tomatoes
'Strong performances, strikingly spare production design and somber cinematography convey a sense of something important going on. That's no small achievement in what proves to be a creature feature with flair.'
-- Wall Street Journal
'The performances and characterizations add heft, and the very Russian vibe of soulful heaviness sets it apart from its American cousins.'
-- RogerEbert.com
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The lone survivor of an enigmatic spaceship incident hasn’t returned back home alone—hiding inside his body is a dangerous creature. His only hope: a doctor who’s ready to do whatever it takes to save her patient.
director・EGOR ABRAMENKO writers・OLEG MALOVICHKO, ANDREI ZOLOTAREV | cast・OKSANA AKINSHINA, PYOTR FEDOROV FEDOR BONDARCHUK, ANTON VASILEV |
producers・MIKHAIL VRUBEL ALEXANDER ANDRUYSHENKO FEDOR BONDARCHUK ILYA STEWART MURAD OSMANN PAVEL BURYA VYACHESLAV MURUGOV | music・OLEG KARPACHEV director of photography・MAXIM ZHUKOV production designer・MARIYA SLAVINA visual effects・MAINROAD POST sound・FLYSOUND |
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PRESS
VARIETY • An Immersive, ‘Alien’-Inspired Russian Sci-Fi Thriller
VULTURE • Sputnik Is a Thoughtful, If Modest, Russian Sci-Fi Chiller
VANITY FAIR • Sputnik, Russia’s Hit New Sci-Fi Thriller, is Familiarly Unfamiliar
BLOODY DISGUSTING • ‘Sputnik’ Puts Slow Character Study at Forefront of Gory Creature Feature
INDIEWIRE • Designing an Alien Inspired by Snakes and Komodo Dragons in a Rare Russian Sci-Fi
ROGEREBERT.COM • Review
EMPIRE MAGAZINE • Review
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