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Cosmic Sin
Film poster
Directed byEdward Drake
Written by
  • Edward Drake
  • Corey Large
Produced byCorey Large
Starring
CinematographyBrandon Cox
Edited byJustin Williams
Music byScott Glasgow
Production
companies
  • 308 Entertainment
  • BondIt Media Capital
Distributed bySaban Films[1]
Release date
  • March 12, 2021 (2021-03-12)
Running time
88 minutes[2]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cosmic Sin is a 2021 American science fiction action film[3] directed by Edward Drake and starring Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo.[4]

Plot

Prologue

In the year 2031, the first colony of Mars is founded. By 2042, the Alliance was formed and quantum propulsion technology allows humanity to travel beyond the solar system. Unfortunately, the Mars colony fails in 2281 and the Alliance controls the three colonies: Earth, Zafdie, and Ellora.

Zafdie attempts to secede from the alliance in 2519. In this war James Ford, The Blood General, drops a Q(uantum)-Bomb on the rebel colony, killing 70 million people. After committing this atrocity he is dishonorably discharged from the Alliance military and his wife, Dr. Lea Goss, leaves him.

In space, the Sigea are an invasive alien species that invades and conquer other worlds. They can parasitically infect and control their hosts by forcing their victims to ingest a black fluid that turns the host into an agent of Sigea and operate with a hive mind.

Main story

In the year 2524, the Vander Mining Corp was stationed at planet 4217LYA (Heracles System) when Captain Juda Saule reports of an alien encounter to the Alliance. On Earth, General Eron Ryle gets the call of the alien contact and wants Dr. Goss and Ford in on the situation. At a local bar, Dash was meeting with Ford for a job when civilians picked a fight with the Bloody General when Commander Marcus Bleck appeared. Bleck requested his presence but Ford refused; he relented when Bleck mentioned he'll get reinstatement. At the McMillian Airfield, Dash tags along with Ford and have a meeting with Dr. Goss and Ryle about what happened in the Heracles System. Survivors of the Vander mining operation were sent to the airfield for debriefing, but Goss raised concerns. The survivors were under Sigea control and started killing security. The soldiers fought back and won, but at the cost of 53 lives. What happened to Vander and their base was considered an attack on humanity and the Alliance is to strike back; Operation: Cosmic Sin is a go. Ford, Ryle, Goss, Braxton, Bleck, Dash, and Ardene travels to Ellora by a Quantum Jump Gate to stop the Sigea.

While entering Ellora, Ryle's suit gets damaged and presumed dead when he didn't make it with the team. Ford and Goss got separated from the group during entry and Bleck is mortally wounded shortly after making it to the surface. As the team struggle to take out their attackers, Elloran survivors aided them. Sol Cantos was escorting survivors when she encountered the team. After verifying they're human, they agreed to help take them to the orbital cannon to give Bleck treatment. At the Alliance outpost, the surviving team learns about how the Sigea infect and control people. Ford made it to the outpost to find Bleck dying; he euthanized Bleck to help him die easier. In a meeting with all surviving soldiers, they talk about their situation and plan to use the Q-bomb they brought. Ardene believes if they can get the orbital cannon working again, they can launch the Q-bomb into space and collapse the gateway to seal off the Sigea once and for all. In space, Ryle was able to reach out to Ardene through the coms. With him stuck in space, he volunteered to help detonate the gateway to seal off the Sigea.

The Sigea knows the survivors are holding up at the orbital cannon and converge on the outpost. Goss was captured and infected; she's now an agent of the Sigea. Goss gives them a chance to surrender, but they refused. The survivors along with the soldiers make their last stand, to hold up the outpost as long as possible for Ardene to fire the cannon. While the rest fend off the alien attackers, Ford latched on to a Sigea ship and followed Goss to the gateway. While facing Goss, she said there was never going to be peace. Ford was repelled back to Ellora while Goss drifted through the gate. At the cannon, Braxton found Ryle prepared to sacrifice himself to close the gate. Braxton held Ardene's hand as they fired the cannon and launched the bomb. Ryle's self destruction destroyed the gateway and the Q-bomb crossed over to Segia space and opened a black hole. The gate closed behind the blackhole, sealing and wiping out the Segia attack fleet. Back on Earth, Ford heads back to the bar for a drink along with the survivors of Ellora. Dash, Ardene, Braxton, and Sol Cantos survived the battle and the Alliance celebrates their victory for keeping the peace. Ford takes a shot and leaves the bar.

Cast

Production

Principal photography wrapped in March 2020.[7][8][9]

Release

The film was released in theaters, video-on-demand and digital platforms on March 12, 2021.[10] Paramount Home Entertainment released the film on DVD and Blu-ray on May 18, 2021.[11][12]

Reception

The film has a 3% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 30 reviews with an average rating of 2.6/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Let he who is without Cosmic Sin cast the first stone -- and possibly use it to rouse Bruce Willis from the slumber he seems to be in throughout this dreadful sci-fi blunder."[13]

Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com gave the film a zero-star negative review and wrote, "To suggest that Bruce Willis is phoning in his performance in Cosmic Sin would be an insult to telephone communication, which can be an effective means of conveying important information and genuine emotion."[14]

References

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  2. ^ "Cosmic Sin". Irish Film Classification Office.
  3. ^ "Cosmic Sin trailer starring Bruce Willis and Frank Grillo". Syfy. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  4. ^ Damaske, Damion (24 June 2020). "BRUCE WILLIS RETURNS TO SPACE IN SCI-FI THRILLER COSMIC SIN". JoBlo.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  5. ^ Roxborough, Scott (22 June 2020). "Cannes First Look: Bruce Willis Suits Up for Alien War in 'Cosmic Sin' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  6. ^ a b c Fuge, Jon (22 June 2020). "Cosmic Sin First Look Has Bruce Willis Ready for an Alien War". MovieWeb. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  7. ^ McNary, Dave (23 March 2020). "Film News Roundup: Frank Grillo, Luke Wilson Join Bruce Willis in Sci-Fi Movie 'Cosmic Sin'". Variety. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  8. ^ Miska, Brad (24 March 2020). "Frank Grillo and Luke Wilson Join Bruce Willis in 'Cosmic Sin'". Bloody Disgusting. Archived from the original on 4 April 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Frank Grillo joins Cosmic Sin". KAYU-TV. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Armstrong, Vanessa (3 February 2021). "COSMIC SIN TRAILER FINDS BRUCE WILLIS AND FRANK GRILLO TAKING A 'Q-BOMB' TO WOULD-BE ALIEN INVADERS". SyFy Wire. Archived from the original on 8 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  11. ^ "Cosmic Sin DVD Release Date May 18, 2021". DVDs Release Dates. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  12. ^ Cosmic Sin Blu-ray Release Date May 18, 2021, retrieved 2021-05-13
  13. ^ "Cosmic Sin (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 15 March 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  14. ^ Lermire, Christy (12 March 2021). "Cosmic Sin". RogerEbert.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.


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