Solitary (2020) poster
2020 · sci-fi · space

Solitary

Directed by Luke Armstrong1h 29m2020
ElsewhereIMDb3.52k
  • heavy
  • intense
  • bleak
  • cold
Movie DNA

Heavy, steady, measured sci-fi / space, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.

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A man wakes up inside a room to discover he's a prisoner sent into space to form Earth's first colony, and worse - his cell mate Alana is hell bent on destroying everything.

Our read · Solitary (2020) reads as a heavy, steady, inventive sci-fi · space entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.

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You want a contained British sci-fi thriller about prisoners sent to space.

ends ambiguousit stays with youa slow buildgrips by minute 35attention 3/5feels its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonightSkip if slow-burn dialogue in one room will make the time drag.

DNA · twelve axes

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Each axis is hand-scored — not derived from votes or genre averages. The marker shows where this film sits; the gradient fill uses the film's own cinematography palette.

Mood · HeavyCosy
Pacing · Slow-burnKinetic
Intensity · GentleExtreme
Weirdness · ConventionalSurreal
Hope · NihilisticRedemptive
Stakes · IntimateEpic
Humour · NoneBroad
Reality · GroundedFantastical
Density · SparseTwisty
Warmth · ColdTender
Auteur · TransparentSignature
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