Rubikon

Although set in the nearish future in space, this multilingual sci-fi film feels quite of the moment, imbued with guilt and angst about environmental catastrophe, but also suffused with a sense of helplessness.

Rubikon never offers viewers deep answers to its bigger questions, but it does pose enough questions to keep things moving while you watch.

However thoughtful and well-intentioned, this debut feature is too airless and long-winded to excite.

It would definitely benefit from losing a good twenty minutes – it’s too loose in places – but there’s (just) enough spectacle and material here to hold interest, particularly for those who like an element of philosophy in their sci-fi.

It's a huge relief that thankfully the film ends in the best way possible. They don't pull any cheap tricks or toss in some last minute gimmick, they don't go for the "safe" ending or peaceful resolution. They go as far as they can with this concept...

The sci-fi drama Rubikon is about people on a space station who are trying to stay alive after escaping from an apocalypse on Earth. Viewers will try to stay awake while watching this horribly acted and boring snoozefest.

Unfortunately, the drama they find themselves encountering is not nearly engaging enough and often leaves the audience feeling as if they, too, are floating aimlessly through space.

Rubikon is competent but regrettably familiar.


What should be one of the most adrenaline-pinching films of the year has about as much tension as a K-Mart commercial.

Mildly provocative yet mostly ponderous, this Austrian science-fiction thriller leaves many of its more thematically ambitious ideas lost in space.