A very smart man once said something very poignant to me in a language I could not understand. The result of this was that, while he probably felt very witty, I was left none the better for our meeting. So it goes with 'Sunshine', the hard core sci-fi flick directed by Danny Boyle, he of '28 Days Later' fame.

'Sunshine' has a lot in common with Mr. Boyle's neo-zombie flick: Same lead actor: the always amazing Cillian Murphy. Same writer, Alex Garland. A haunting soundtrack and deep, philosophical questions hidden within a seemingly rote script. Whereas '28' was accessible to a wide audience, however, 'Sunshine' is so fucking obtuse that it would be far more appropriate were the crew of the Icarus 2 journeying to a black hole instead of the earth's sun.