It all starts off merrily enough, with astronaut Matt chatting away with Mission Control and floating laps around the aircraft his fellow astronaut Ryan (a woman, don't be fooled by the name) is trying to fix something on. There is also a third person with them, one Shariff, but let's not get too attached to him.
But everything goes south when they get an 'Abort Mission!' command and are warned of debris from satellites heading their way. The shuttle gets hit and consequently destroyed and Shariff does not survive the first wave, either.
In the aftermath, Ryan gets thrown off into space, turning and turning and turning. Partially, we see this from Ryan's viewpoint (which is to say that my stomach started turning and my head started spinning...and never stopped for the rest of the film. Luckily, Matt catches up with her and together they start their near impossible mission to make it to the ISS space station in hopes of using an shuttle there to get back to earth safely.
What follows, however, is a string of incidences that make their mission harder and harder until - when they do reach their target - the tether linking them rips and only Ryan can hold on the the ISS, barely staying conscious because of her low oxygen level. Matt spins off into space.
Ryan now has to fend for herself....and it is quite the ride, including a fire that destroys the ISS, lack of fuel in the capsule and Chinese signs on the controls of the next stop to possible safety.
Had me on the edge of my seat.
And can we please give Sandra Bullock an Oscar for this?
9/10
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