Space Station 76 (2014)

Space Station 76 is a parody of the science fiction film genre that draws much of its dark and subtle humour from its retro-futuristic surroundings and its ability to play with the cultural differences between the 1970s and the present day. The film's plot is focused on the attempts of Jessica (Liv Tyler), a new crew member, and her attempts to fit in with station's terribly dysfunctional crew. Though built on an intriguing premise, but concluding rather abruptly and with little resolution, Space Station 76 promises much, but never fully delivers.

This movie is an ugly proselytism piece, or "a commercial".Tobacco industry proselytes smoking;Pharma industry proselytes anti-depressant, notably the product named "Valium";The Propagandist Cabal proselytes: promiscuity, infidelity, recreational drug use, omnipresence of homosexuality.All this is being proselyted to you, stupid cattle-citizen.Nothing else matter here, even the pair of good actors. The verdict: 1) do not pay for this; 2) watch only for research purposes. The object of research being the collusion of Hollywood with the ideological Propagandist Cabal and the legal narcotics industries that the Propagandist Cabal owns.

In this dark comedy that is blacker than the deepest depths of space, a group of denizens reside in a random floating space station (Station 76 to be exact) whose lives and well-being are put up for inspection by the audience as they struggle with everyday ordeals such as loneliness, infidelity, sexism, drug use, self loathing and loneliness (yes, the second mention was intentional).This low budget film does the most with its budget and it actually all looks quite acceptable as it is a spoof/comedic take on cheap, cheesy futuristic 70's science fiction films which allows for poor special effects and less-than believable interior shots of actual human- built ships/stations floating about in space. The station's interior décor is 1970s chic ... as are the characters' costumes and hair styles. The director (Jack Plotnick) has all of this down.Where he suffers is piecing together the story's narrative. His lack of direction is rather obvious as the toxicity of some of the laughs aren't as deadly as they should be. I chuckled throughout most of this movie but this comedy is actually more of a tragedy and while everything is played for laughs the somber, serious nature of each of the characters may persuade some to believe they are instead watching a bizarre drama as these characters are clearly all crying on the inside.When Jessica (Liv Tyler - Empire Records) newly arrives at Station 76 as a new mate, the men and women of the station aren't sure what to make of a woman wanting to "work". The station's captain (Patrick Wilson - Little Children) is unhappy with his new partner but also appears to harbor some resentment towards the one who just left whom Jessica is replacing. Matt Bomer (Magic Mike) plays the station's maintenance man whose wife (Marisa Coughlan - Pumpkin) has grown bored with both marriage and motherhood.Their lives unhappily float about in space ... and that is about it. Some will chuckle at their lives and misfortunes as presented and others simply won't get it; but we are laughing at tragic human internal suffering. It's black comedy ... and parts of it do work.The film clearly won't be for everyone. I enjoyed this for the most part but I know many others won't like it ... so I won't be going out of my way to recommend this to those I know.

When I decided to view this movie, there were about 6 comment on IMDb, all very positive. After seeing this movie, what I now use when I've got insomnia, I decided to take a better look at those 6 reviews. Pretty much all of them have only registered 1 review and registered in September 2014, the same date when the movie aired in selected theaters, coincidence? No, of course it is not coincidental, more and more people involved with a movie misuse democratic media to promote their stuff. It should be forbidden to let anyone comment on their own product, let the people be the judge of that.Now for the movie, the trailer had 1 funny moment, so funny you might expect the whole movie to be this great. The artwork looked great, nice 70/80's feeling, couldn't be happier. I was as excited as the time "Space Truckers" (better watch that one over this one any day) came out, also a movie tribute to the good old time.I waited months till I could see this movie, but what a letdown. The humor is just not there, you not even can call it dark humor, it's just boring talk, endless boring talk, a story no one gives a damn about, robots that look stupid, you're just glad when the hurting stops and the movie is at it's end.