At the outset of 'The Midnight Sky', some kind of apocalyptic disaster has occurred on Earth. Gus, a morose, terminally-ill scientist is isolated at an Antarctic research station after all his colleagues have irrationally evacuated back to the planet's toxic zones. Soon after their departure, Gus finds a young girl who has been left behind. Despite this distraction, he continues trying to contact a spaceship returning from an exploratory expedition to a fictional moon of Jupiter. This moon has proved habitable for humans, and Gus needs to warn the crew not to land on Earth.
Aboard their spiffy, Star Trekky spaceship, the five astronauts behave like imbeciles in a reject episode of the TV series, as they try to make sense of Earth's radio silence and deal with some implausible mishaps in the asteroid belt. Meanwhile back in the Arctic, Gus and the lost girl battle the elements to reach a remote radio antenna. Unfortunately nothing in this film works, with story, characters, acting, direction, dialogue and scientific background all equally uninspired and unconvincing. The story's big plot twist is predictable, and the preposterous conclusion just adds to the embarrassment.
Aboard their spiffy, Star Trekky spaceship, the five astronauts behave like imbeciles in a reject episode of the TV series, as they try to make sense of Earth's radio silence and deal with some implausible mishaps in the asteroid belt. Meanwhile back in the Arctic, Gus and the lost girl battle the elements to reach a remote radio antenna. Unfortunately nothing in this film works, with story, characters, acting, direction, dialogue and scientific background all equally uninspired and unconvincing. The story's big plot twist is predictable, and the preposterous conclusion just adds to the embarrassment.