Capsule

2015

Drama / History / Sci-Fi / Thriller

Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 68% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.4/10 10 7263 7.3K

Plot summary

Guy is an experienced British fighter pilot who is in command of Britain's first manned mission to space. He has trained for this for three years at the height of the Cold War and now he is alone in space with a malfunctioning capsule. He has limited contact with the UK, some unusual communication with the US and some unorthodox communication with Roscosmos deep in Soviet Russia. Who will help him? Will he make the right choice?



October 11, 2023 at 01:18 PM

Director

Andrew Martin

Top cast

720p.WEB
840.12 MB
1280*538
English 2.0
NR
24 fps
1 hr 31 min
P/S ...

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by doorsscorpywag 7 / 10

A good old stiff upper lip Brit adventure.

The British version of Apollo 13 deals with our 1959 mission to put the first man in space. We being modest & unassuming Brits we never bothered mentioning it.

Our astronaut,well played by Edmund Kingsley, got himself in a bit of a pickle and after losing contact with his controller managed to veer off course and end up talking to the Russians and NASA who were a bit miffed that Blighty had beaten the lot of them into space.

Kingsley did a sterling job carrying the whole movie and deserves a wider audience. This great bit of secret British History was something I never learned at school and we can be rightly proud that our man was the first into space. I am sure we never mentioned our moon landing in 1967 or our base on Mars but then that's the British for you. We are never ones to blow our own trumpet.

A nice little space drama, well acted and with a nice twist at the end. Even if you, like me, will probably figure it out before the end.

Reviewed by LarryRossini 8 / 10

Interesting Cold War Title

I actually caught Capsule back in April when it opened the Sci-fi London film festival 2016 on the big screen.

I didn't know what to expect when i arrived, i had heard nothing much about the film but i was pleasantly surprised by it. Im a bit of a sci-fi and cold war nut so found it intriguing. Edmund is captivating as Guy Taylor, he keeps you transfixed as he tries to figure out what happened to him, being on screen for 85 minutes of the movie is a tall ask but one he pulls off. The supporting cast as radio voices add different layers to the cold war theme throughout.

I certainly wouldn't want to be stuck up in that space craft, being ex MOD engineer i know a few things about planes from this era, one word, unreliable.

The film is well crafted for the budget level, that is independent film for you. Some elements could do with refining and honing but i was happy i managed to watch it on the big screen.

If you like Buried, and contained thrillers for a smarter audience then this should be on your list to watch.

Reviewed by ajpadden 8 / 10

Worth Watching

I picked up this film with a load others to watch over the weekend. Having just watched The Martian and Gravity I was interested to watch something else space based.

I had heard nothing about this film prior to seeing it on the shelf so didn't know what to expect.

The film opens up in space with the main character just regaining consciousness and realising he is running out of air and fuel. He has numerous broken up communications through out, some questioning his intentions and some trying to help him.

I would recommend this film to all as it manages to build suspense and that can be hard with solo performances but Edmund Kingsley does it

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