Thank heavens, a competent sound editor, and zero aliens or mutants

Rating: 8/10 (2 April 2017)

At last in this genre, a film that ISN'T 90 minutes of inaudible dialogue coupled with wall reverberating scores/sound effects and continuously under-lit scenes purporting to be atmospheric.
This is a well written and acted love story set in a beautiful space backdrop. The egocentric protagonists are in peril from a hostile environment--not otherworldly life forms--in a plausible and linear plot. There are the usual deus ex machina moments, and it's a bit frenetic building to the climax, but science fiction is a welcome relief from decades of science fantasy.