3022

3022

Year: 2019

Runtime: 91 min

Language: English

Director: John Suits

Sci-Fi

In a future where Earth has suffered a catastrophic event, a team of astronauts undertakes a perilous journey through space. Their mission is a desperate attempt to find a new home for the remnants of humanity, as they confront the challenges of deep space travel and the daunting prospect of rebuilding civilization. The survival of the species hangs in the balance.

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In the year 2190, the inaugural human space colony, Europa One, relies heavily on the orbiting space station Pangea for its sustenance, serving as a vital refueling hub for interstellar spacecraft. A crew of astronauts led by John Laine, along with engineer Jackie Miller, doctor Richard Valin, and Lisa Brown, embarks on decade-long missions to ensure Pangea’s functionality. At first, the crew thrives together, with Laine and Miller developing a romantic bond. However, as time passes, the effects of isolation start to fracture their initially harmonious dynamic.

As they reach the midway point of their arduous journey, the toll of prolonged solitude begins to manifest. Laine experiences terrifying nightmares, while Valin’s personal care wanes. The doctor ultimately faces the harsh truth: his crewmates are mentally compromised, rendering them incapable of continuing their mission. Just as they struggle with the collapse of their team, a devastating explosion rocks Pangea, throwing everything into disarray. Laine awakens to find Miller at his side, delivering the grim news that Brown has suffered grave injuries and Valin is in shock, seemingly lost.

For an agonizing 62 hours, the astronauts clang for help from Earth only to hear silence, leading them to confront the haunting possibility that their distant home may no longer exist. A grim revelation strikes when they discover an asteroid field where Europa One once thrived, a stark reminder of their precarious existence. As Brown succumbs to her wounds, and Valin spirals deeper into despair, Miller clings fiercely to the flicker of hope, yearning for any sign of life or assistance. She advocates for a daring escape pod mission to search for survivors, especially her young daughter. Nevertheless, Valin’s grim assessment of their dwindling supplies forces a painful reconsideration of their options.

Faced with this terrifying dilemma, Laine proposes refocusing their search towards Europa One, yet Valin’s cynical outlook shuts down this idea. Miller’s resolve drives her to attempt a solo escape but when the escape pod successively malfunctions, Laine’s quick actions save her from disaster.

As life support systems plummet to a desperate 55%, Valin sinks further into a detached mindset, drowning in defeatism and despair. In contrast, Miller resorts to sedatives in a bid to cope with their dire reality. Against this backdrop, Laine seeks Miller’s assistance in formulating a survival strategy.

Together, they hatch a bold emergency plan: a controlled explosion to disconnect Pangea’s two sections, allowing oxygen reserves to be replenished and delaying certain death. However, Valin has surrendered all hope, seeing their efforts as meaningless. As the crew hovers on the brink of collapse, the question remains: can they discover a path to survival amidst this existential catastrophe?

Suddenly, Laine’s troubled slumber is disturbed by the ship’s urgent alarms, revealing Valin adrift and lost in the boundless void of space. This calm facade conceals his inner turmoil as he confronts the sheer isolation of the cosmos. Despite Laine’s best efforts, she cannot bring him back. In a plea to salvage their fates, Laine’s eyes catch a drifting space shuttle, filled with purpose; she boards the craft only to stumble upon three unconscious figures—their shipmates Captain Diane Ures, French astronaut Vincent Bernard, and Thomas Dahan, alongside two fellow Americans. Ures reveals with a heavy heart that their crew was on-route to Pangea during a cataclysmic explosion that obliterated the International Space Station, leaving them to survive with limited resources after losing two of their own.

The arrival of these new survivors ignites a flicker of hope among both crews, as they unite to celebrate their shared endurance. Yet, Miller’s astute calculations unveil the harsh reality—adding more members to Pangea’s life support risks depleting resources within a month rather than the previously expected three years. She insists on abandoning the station for Earth via the ISS shuttle, but Ures regales a chilling warning: she witnessed a devastating explosion obliterate their planet while receiving a frantic transmission that warned against returning: > “What have we done? Do not return. I repeat, do not return. Go to Europa.”

As tensions mount, Vincent discloses his hostility towards his new allies, while Ures strives to maintain peace, albeit laced with desperation. In a shocking moment, Vincent admits to the chilling act of murdering his two fellow American teammates for survival. In a swift turn of events, the French astronauts initiate a violent coup, assassinating Captain Ures and launching an attack on Laine and Miller. Amidst the chaos, Laine suffers grave injuries, leaving her vulnerable as the ruthless Vincent escapes. Miller fiercely pursues, ultimately subduing Thomas in Station Two. Meanwhile, as Vincent gains control in Station One, he triggers a catastrophic explosion that cleaves the station, leaving both crews in peril. With Vincent’s menace left adrift, Laine seizes the moment to eject him into the cold void of space.

As the silence of the aftermath descends, Miller’s anguished cry reaches Laine: a desperate plea for connectedness amidst the overwhelming void, transmitted through the intercom, only to fade as Laine struggles to respond. Vowing to reunite with her, Laine’s determination anchors him in the bleak expanse of space. It would be two decades before his unyielding search yields results: on Day 3022, the station’s coordinates align with his scans, revealing the long-lost Station Two. As he readies the newly repaired shuttle for departure, a mixture of trepidation and hope surges within him as he longs to reunite with Miller, still shrouded in mystery. With careful steps, Laine enters the quarters, discovering a weary but alive Miller—a testament to the unbreakable human spirit that has carried them through this harrowing odyssey of despair and hope.

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