The ship's log contains a rambling message from Pinbacker, its captain, who abandoned his mission and has severe burns on his face. They discover that despite the ship's systems being mostly operational, including a lush, overgrown, oxygen garden, the mainframe has been sabotaged, rendering delivery of the payload impossible. Capa, Searle, Mace, and communications officer Harvey, now the acting captain, search the vessel, leaving Cassie and Corazon onboard Icarus II with Trey. Without enough oxygen to reach the release point for its explosive payload, Icarus II has no choice but to dock with Icarus I. Trey is unable to cope with the loss of Kaneda, and the ship's psychiatrist Searle assesses him as a suicide risk and sedates him, putting him in a catatonic state. As Icarus II 's autopilot returns the shield to its original alignment, Kaneda orders Capa to retreat to safety as he repairs the final panel himself, and is burned to death moments later. As expected, this leads to the loss of two protruding communications towers however, reflected light also destroys the ship's oxygen garden and oxygen reserves, much to the horror of botanist Corazon. Kaneda and Capa embark on a spacewalk to make repairs, assisted by the pilot, Cassie, who angles the damaged portion of the shield away from the Sun. Navigator Trey calculates and implements a trajectory to intercept Icarus I, but forgets to realign the shields that protect the ship from the sun, causing damage to four shield panels which if not repaired could destroy the whole ship and kill the crew.
Mace, the ship's engineer, opposes the deviation as risky. Reasoning that two payloads have a better chance of success than one, the ship's physicist Capa recommends to Kaneda, the captain, that they change course and commandeer Icarus I. The ship's proximity to Mercury kept its signals from reaching Earth, but allowed Icarus II to intercept it. As they slingshot past Mercury, Icarus II picks up the distress beacon of Icarus I, the first ship to attempt a similar mission, which disappeared seven years earlier. Eight international astronauts pilot a colossal stellar bomb aboard the spaceship Icarus II, with the intent of jump-starting the Sun and then returning to Earth. In 2057, the Sun is dying and Earth is freezing. Widescreen DVD and Blu-ray editions of the film, also including the hi-definition theatrical trailer, scene selections, and director's commentary among other highlights, were released in the United States on 8 January 2008. Preceding its initial screening to the public, the film was generally met with positive critical reviews, but was not considered a box office success. With a budget of US$40 million, it ultimately grossed US$32 million worldwide. 13 in the box office on the first weekend of its wide release.
The film took £3.2 million in the UK over twelve weeks, and in the USA it was placed no.
Sunshine was released in the United Kingdom on 6 April 2007 and in the United States on 20 July 2007. Previous science fiction films that Boyle cited as influences included Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey, Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 film Solaris, and Ridley Scott's 1979 science-fiction horror film Alien. The film score was composed by John Murphy and was released by the Fox Music Group on 25 November 2008. It also won an award for Best Technical Achievement for production designer Mark Tildesley from the British Independent Film Awards. Following its wide release in theatres, the film garnered several award nominations for its acting, directing, and production merits. Sunshine explores physics, science and religion. Theatrically, it was commercially distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, while the 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment division released the film in the video rental market. The film was a co-production between the motion picture studios of Moving Picture Company, DNA Films, UK Film Council, and Ingenious Film Partners. The director cast a group of international actors for the film, and had the actors live together and learn about topics related to their roles, as a form of method acting. The ensemble cast features Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Rose Byrne, Michelle Yeoh, Cliff Curtis, Troy Garity, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, and Chipo Chung. Taking place in the year 2057, the story follows a group of astronauts on a dangerous mission to reignite the dying Sun. Sunshine is a 2007 science fiction psychological thriller film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland.
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