Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
Director: Alex Garland
Writer: Mo Buck
Cast: Natalie Portman, Colin Farrell, Sarah Paulson, Millie Bobby Brown, David Tennant, Chistopher Eccleston, Fionn Whitehead, Helen Mirren
Plot: The two astronauts boarding the Pontius, a vast and ultra-advanced spaceship, are writing reports on their super-computer. They're one light-year away from planet Earth, getting closer and closer to their destination, Earth Prime, a planet eerily similar to Earth. Mary Franklin (Natalie Portman) looks outside the ship and sees Earth Prime. Stephen Newton (Colin Farrell), the other astronaut on the Pontius, tries to communicate with Earth Prime and they answer him back that they don't want them to land, it's their last warning. He warns Mary that a missile is coming their way.
Back on Earth, General Charles McDaniels (Christoper Eccleston) is warned by a soldier that a fleet, identified as hostile is approaching the Earth's atmosphere. He orders them to shoot a missile, thinking of another pirate fleet trying to land. Back on the Pontius, Mary's able to dodge the missile by a hair, and another one. She's able to land the Pontius. Once they get out, an army of soldiers is waiting for them. On Earth, McDaniels is informed that the vessel landed. He gets out and goes to see who landed on his platform. To his absolute surprise, he meets Mary Franklin and Stephen Newton, the two astronauts he sent away on the Pontius two years ago.
Mary and Stephen get down on the ground, in front of an army of soldiers and a man strangely resembling General McDaniels. He takes them into custody, leaving them in a cell. They try to understand what is currently happening, but neither can.
Nicholas Bell (David Tennant) a broke and desperate father decided to give his daughter Rachel (Millie Bobby Brown) to Earth Prime's best scientists Lise Curry (Sarah Paulson). Dr. Curry is just about to finish a session with his daughter and he came to pick her up. They're not waiting in the usual room and the curiosity of Nicholas got the better of him and he decides to explore the research facility in the meantime. He opens a closed door. The room is poorly lit and he can see a small bed with and a toilet. He enters the room and a little girl, who looks just like his daughter savagely attacks him. He screams for help several security guards arrive. Dr. Curry arrives with Rachel behind him and she injects something in the "fake" Rachel. The guards arrest Nicholas, as his daughter is crying, begging the doctor to release her father.
Back on Earth, Dr. Albert Hawking (Fionn Whitehead) is examining the Mary Franklin and Stephen Newton lookalikes. He cannot be absolutely certain that they're the same person than Franklin and Newton, even if the lookalikes pretend that they're the real astronauts. Hawking goes to see Earth's chief , Anne Rutherford (Helen Mirren) and tells her about the freak occurence with the two astronauts lookalike. She tells him that he needs to focus his attention on Earth Prime, to find out if the real Mary Franklin and Stephen Thompson will answer back to him.
On Earth Prime, Dr. Curry, who's working on Rachel Bell, is interrupted by the Charles McDaniels lookalike, who tells her that someone is trying to contact the two astronauts in the Pontius. She leaves the facility with him and she enters the Pontius. She talks with Hawking and tells him that the astronauts landed. She leaves the Pontius without giving any time to Hawking to answer back and goes to see the real Franklin and Thompson. She introduces herself as Rachel Bell, leader and chief of Earth Prime. She and McDaniels escort them out of their cell and takes them to the immense research facility. They see Nicholas Bell in another cell on their way and he tries to attack Curry, but McDaniels shoves him to the ground. They enter the lab and she shows them Rachel, tied up to several machines. They go in another room and they see the Rachel lookalike, still banged up of her previous encounter with Nicholas. In the next room, they see another. This "clone" attacks the group and Dr. Curry grabs a syringe and neutralizes her. Mary looks at Stephen and he nods. He catches Curry and McDaniels's attention, while Mary grabs a couple of syringes. They leave the room to continue the visit. She mentions to the astronauts that she's been watching the Earth a lot lately. They enter a room with a giant screen. Dr. Curry enters something in a search bar and the screen lights up.
It's Dr. Hawking, back on Earth, talking to Chief Rutherford about his contact with the Pontius. She orders the real Charles McDaniels to fetch the fake astronauts and to send them in her office. During this time, Dr. Curry explains to Franklin and Thompson that she's been spying on Earth and awaiting their arrival for a while now. She intends to use them to improve her methods of cloning. She mentions that the only three clones she's been able to duplicate are theirs and McDaniels'. Their two lookalikes arrive on the screen. Rutherford starts asking them where they come from. They answer vaguely, still claiming they're the real astronauts she sent in space years ago. She doesn't believe them and gets aggressive. Something changes in the way the clones look at Rutherford. The fake Franklin jumps on Rutherford and Thompson quickly neutralizes McDaniels. The two astronaut clones run away. Dr. Curry continues to follow her clones with a series of well-placed cameras. The real astronauts can only witness the carnage from Earth Prime. The clones are finally put under arrest and many media outlets start to claim that Chief Rutherford is dead. Devastated, Franklin and Thompson are put back in custody, with Nicholas Bell in an adjacent cell. They start telling him that they plan to escape the facility, using the syringes she stole.
The next day, a clone arrives to open their cell, possibly to take them to see Curry again. After the clone opens the door, Franklin shoves the syringe in its body and the clone is neutralised. Using the keys, they free Bell who comes with them. They make their way to the armoury and they steal guns, various weapons and guards uniforms. Nicholas begs them to go fetch his daughter before they go. They run into the lab and they find Rachel, still wired to various machines. They unplug her and it sets off an alarm. Several clones arrive and they defend themselves against them. They escape with Rachel Bell and Dr. Curry watches them on a monitor.
Back on Earth, the fake Mary Franklin and Stephen Thompson are on trial for the various crimes they committed the other day. Chief Rutherford is now officially dead. They're found guilty of their crimes and they will face death as a punishment. Charles McDaniels now acts as the Chief, awaiting the election.
On Earth Prime, Nicholas, Mary and Stephen are trying to make their way to the Pontius. They send off multiple clones as they're running in the streets of Earty Prime's capital. It's largely rich city, with really poor suburbs. The policemen, also clones, start chasing the group. They steal a car they try to escape the police. The Pontius has been stored on the other side of the city. They arrive at the facility, with their car and take care of the remaining clones. They kill other clones to take back their vessel and they open the doors. Multiple policemen are now standing outside the Pontius, as Mary Franklin struggles to turn it on. Nicholas and Stephen are starting to lose their battle as they're badly outnumbered. Mary turns on the Pontius and shuts the door. They take their seats and they fly away. When they reach space, Rachel wakes up and tells them that danger is coming.
Dr. Curry, who watched the astronauts get away, is leading a army of men with the fake McDaniels. They enter a large facility with several vessels. Everyone enters one. Curry enters her destination into the computer and tells McDaniels that they're flying over to the Earth. Their spaceship goes up in the air and into space. They're followed by dozens of ships. They fly away as Curry smiles.
