Houston, We Have a Problem.

Rating: 10/10 (13 July 2015)

Apollo 13 (1995): Dir: Ron Howard / Cast: Tom Hanks, Kathleen Quinlan, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise, Kevin Bacon: Stunning and overwhelming achievement about the Apollo flight crew launched into space and the oxygen tank that blows out the side of the spacecraft. This puts them in jeopardy of dying deep in space. They communicate with Houston in hopes of guidance home. Their loved ones watch with uncertain hope as the media broadcasts their progress. Emotional film experience by director Ron Howard who previously made such insightful films as Parenthood and The Paper. Tom Hanks leads the mission and imagines himself stepping onto the moon. Kathleen Quinlan plays his wife who awaits news. After that her role is pretty much limited to waiting and hoping. Ed Harris is commanding as the mission control communicator whose role is straight forward but quite insightful. Gary Sinise was originally assigned to the flight but rejected due to an illness. Next to Hanks he is the second most interesting performance in the film as he is now positioned to lend an important hand in bringing the crew home. Kevin Bacon and Bill Paxton play the other two astronauts stranded within the ominous wonders of space. With exquisite production and visual scenery of space and the moon, it becomes a superb portrayal of the events that hits home in more ways than one. Score: 10 / 10