15 Sci-Fi Films That Make No Scientific Sense

It’s called science fiction for a reason, as these stories of traversing the stars, traveling through time, or jumping into one another’s dreams don’t always hold up to scientific scrutiny. The best sci-fi movies require audiences to suspend their disbelief and be whisked away to alternative worlds of technological advancement, unimaginable gadgetry, and far-fetched concepts that have their initial basis in real-world science. Just because a sci-fi film doesn’t make sense in the real world, that’s no reason it can’t be an insightful piece of escapism that offers unique and thoughtful insight into humanity’s endless pursuit of knowledge.

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Some of the best sci-fi movies of all time don’t always make complete sense, as concepts around time travel can often lead to paradoxical situations that result in viewers scratching their heads when they think about them too deeply. However, this is also part of the magic of filmmaking, as movies can explore ideas that real life rarely encounters and offer highly engrossing narratives of dinosaur theme parks or life on Mars. Just because a sci-fi movie doesn’t make complete scientific sense, that does not mean it should be dismissed by viewers.

15 Inception (2010)

Directed by Christopher Nolan

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10 8.3/10 Inception PG-13Adventure Sci-FiThrillerAction

Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan, features a skilled thief who uses dream-sharing technology to steal corporate secrets. He is tasked with planting an idea into a CEO’s mind, while confronting his troubled past, which threatens the mission and his team.

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*Availability in US Director Christopher Nolan Release Date July 16, 2010 Studio(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Distributor(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Writers Christopher Nolan Cast Leonardo DiCaprio , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Elliot Page , Tom Hardy , Ken Watanabe , Dileep Rao , Cillian Murphy , Tom Berenger , Marion Cotillard , Pete Postlethwaite , Michael Caine , Lukas Haas , Tai-Li Lee , Claire Geare , Magnus Nolan , Taylor Geare , Johnathan Geare , Tohoru Masamune , Yuji Okumoto , Earl Cameron , Ryan Hayward , Miranda Nolan , Russ Fega , Tim Kelleher Character(s) Cobb , Arthur , Ariadne , Eames , Saito , Yusuf , Robert Fischer , Browning , Mal , Maurice Fischer , Miles , Nash , Tadashi , Phillipa (3 Years Old) , James (20 Months Old) , Phillipa (5 Years Old) , James (3 Years Old) , Japanese Security Guard , Saito’s Attendant , Elderly Bald Man , Lawyer , Flight Attendant , Cab Driver , Thin Man Runtime 148 minutes Franchise(s) Inception Budget $160 million Main Genre Action Expand

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While the action heist stylings of Christopher Nolan’s Inception made for truly thrilling viewing, its concept of inserting oneself into other people’s dreams has absolutely zero scientific basis. The harsh truth was that Inception was fantasy through and through, as the only way of appearing in someone else’s dream is the good old-fashioned way of being stuck in their subconscious due to the everyday activity of the brain. While Nolan got a lot right about the mind and sleep in Inception, the rules that govern dreams are still something of a mystery as the depths of the unconscious mind continue to stump scientists.

14 Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)

Directed by James Gunn

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13 9.1/10 Guardians of the Galaxy PG-13AdventureActionFantasySci-Fi

Egotistic loner and “legendary” space pirate Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) falls foul of bounty hunters and his former allies after he steals an orb containing the Power Stone. Chased by Ronan the Accuser, a powerful Kree villain and thrown into an uneasy alliance with a group of similar misfits, he must adapt to his new dynamic or risk everything. He’s joined by gun-toting Rocket Raccoon (Bradley Cooper), treelike-alien Groot (Vin Diesel), Thanos’ daughter Gamora (Zoe Saldana), and the vengeful Drax the Destroyer (Dave Bautista). Can the galaxy’s most infamous a-holes really save the day?

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*Availability in US Director James Gunn Release Date July 30, 2014 Writers James Gunn , Nicole Perlman , Dan Abnett , Andy Lanning Cast Zoe Saldana , Karen Gillan , Vin Diesel , Michael Rooker , Djimon Hounsou , Lee Pace , Benicio Del Toro , Glenn Close , Dave Bautista , ​Chris Pratt2 , Bradley Cooper , John C. Reilly Runtime 122 Minutes Expand

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While the Marvel Cinematic Universe has always played it fast and loose with scientific accuracy, Guardians of the Galaxy truly took things to the next level as its galaxy-spanning alien creatures came in every imaginable shape or size. While it’s exciting to see a talking tree and a genetically engineered raccoon bounty hunter interact with one another, it would also be more exciting to see the scientific explanations about how all these things came to be. Guardians of the Galaxy was a creative exploration of the endless possibilities of the universe, but it should all be taken with a pinch of salt.

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13 Déjà Vu(2006)

Directed by Tony Scott

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6.5/10 Déjà Vu PG-13ActionSci-FiThriller

Déjà Vu, directed by Tony Scott, follows Federal agent Doug Carlin, who investigates a deadly explosion on a New Orleans ferry. Utilized by a secret government lab, a time-altering surveillance device becomes key to preventing the crime, leading Carlin into unforeseen complexities of time and reality.

Director Tony Scott Release Date November 22, 2006 Distributor(s) Buena Vista Distribution Writers Bill Marsilii , Terry Rossio Cast Denzel Washington , Paula Patton , Val Kilmer , James Caviezel , Adam Goldberg , Elden Henson Runtime 126 minutes Budget $75 million Main Genre Action Expand

The late, great filmmaker Tony Scott was responsible for some of the best action movies of all time, such as Top Gun and Crimson Tide, yet when he tackled sci-fi, he wasn’t exactly concerned with real-world accuracy. This was certainly the case for Déjà Vu, Scott’s time travel thriller with Denzel Washington that saw an ATF agent attempt to travel back in time to stop a terrorist attack in New Orleans before it happened. Time travel movies bend logic at the best of times, but the way Déjà Vu tried to explain itself through shaky science just left viewers scratching their heads.

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12 Armageddon (1998)

Directed by Michael Bay

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10/10 Armageddon PG-13ActionAdventureSci-FiThriller

In Michael Bay’s sci-fi action thriller Armageddon, a colossal asteroid is found barrelling toward Earth, guaranteed to wipe out all life. To stop it, NASA concocts a plan that involves drilling into its core to denote a nuclear bomb inside of it – and to make that happen; they’ll need the right crew. Led by the head of an oil drilling company, Harry Stamper, a group of blue-collar workers are given the crash course for Astronaut preparation as the crew races against time to save the planet.

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*Availability in US Director Michael Bay Release Date July 1, 1998 Studio(s) Disney Distributor(s) Disney Writers Jonathan Hensleigh , J.J. Abrams , Tony Gilroy , Shane Salerno , Robert Roy Pool Cast Bruce Willis , Billy Bob Thornton , Liv Tyler , Ben Affleck , Will Patton , Peter Stormare , Keith David , Steve Buscemi Runtime 151 minutes Budget $140 million Expand

While a giant asteroid on a collision course toward Earth was scientifically possible, the idea of training oil drillers to be astronauts makes absolutely no sense. This was precisely what happened in Armageddon, which begged the question of why, if NASA wished to drill a role in an asteroid to save humanity, they would not instead train their engineering, computer science, or mathematics experts to learn how to be oil drillers. Although it was thrilling to watch Bruce Willis take on a mission to save humanity, it feels like NASA made things needlessly complicated for themselves.

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11 Gravity (2013)

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón

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5/10 Gravity PG-13DramaDocumentarySci-FiThriller

Alfonso Cuarón’s sci-fi thriller Gravity tells the story of Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and Matt Kowalski (George Clooney) after they end up stranded in space after the destruction of their shuttle. Faced with near-impossible odds of survival, the pair plan to get themselves safely back to Earth despite the relentlessly harsh reality of space threatening to claim their lives at any moment.

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*Availability in US Director Alfonso Cuarón Release Date October 3, 2013 Studio(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Distributor(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Writers Alfonso Cuarón , Jonás Cuarón , George Clooney Cast Sandra Bullock , George Clooney , Ed Harris , Orto Ignatiussen , Paul Sharma , Amy Warren Runtime 1h 31m Budget 100 million Expand

The Best Picture nomination Gravity was a visually spectacular sci-fi film that took viewers on a death-defying journey of astronauts attempting to return to Earth after their space shuttle was destroyed. While Gravity got a lot right about the science of space, it was also packed with inaccuracies, as everything from the way debris would interact with their communications satellite to orbital parameters making it impossible to travel through the two spacecraft (via Washington Post.) These scientific liberties were taken in the name of good storytelling and helped keep Gravity entertaining and engaging throughout.

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10 Interstellar (2014)

Directed by Christopher Nolan

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38 9.1/10 Interstellar PG-13 Sci-FiDramaAdventure

From Christopher Nolan, Interstellar imagines a future where the Earth is plagued by a life-threatening famine, and a small team of astronauts is sent out to find a new prospective home among the stars. Despite putting the mission first, Coop (Matthew McConaughey) races against time to return home to his family even as they work to save mankind back on Earth.

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*Availability in US Director Christopher Nolan Release Date November 7, 2014 Studio(s) Warner Bros. Pictures , Paramount Pictures Distributor(s) Paramount Pictures , Warner Bros. Pictures Writers Jonathan Nolan , Christopher Nolan Cast Matthew McConaughey , Anne Hathaway , Jessica Chastain , Mackenzie Foy , Ellen Burstyn , Michael Caine , Bill Irwin , Timothée Chalamet , David Oyelowo , John Lithgow Runtime 169 Minutes Budget 165 million Main Genre Sci-Fi Expand

The science behind Interstellar was thoroughly researched, as the theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate Kip Thorne acted as a consultant and executive producer on the film. But, like in most sci-fi movies, the facts don’t hold up to rigorous scrutiny, as aspects like the dire blight that was plaguing humanity were criticized by experts like astrobiologist David Grinspoon (via Mother Jones), who said it would take millions of years to reduce the Earth’s oxygen content. However, the most glaring error was Interstellar’s message that love transcends dimensions, a thought which, although sweet, holds no scientific weight.

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9 Logan’s Run (1976)

Directed by Michael Anderson

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Set in the 23rd century, Logan’s Run follows inhabitants of a domed city where citizens live luxuriously but are not allowed to live past 30. Renewal is promised through a ceremony, but escape becomes the sole alternative, challenging the societal constraints.

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*Availability in US Director Michael Anderson Release Date June 23, 1976 Writers David Zelag Goodman Cast Michael York , Richard Jordan , Jenny Agutter , Roscoe Lee Browne , Farrah Fawcett , Michael Anderson Jr. , Peter Ustinov , Randolph Roberts , Lara Lindsay , Gary Morgan , Michelle Stacy , Laura Hippe , David Westberg , Camilla Carr , Greg Lewis , Ashley Cox , Bill Couch , Glenn R. Wilder , Joe L. Blevins , Roger Borden , Greg Bransom , Paula Crist , Virginia Ann Ford , Chuck Gaylord , Mitch Gaylord Character(s) Logan , Francis , Jessica , Box , Holly , Doc , Old Man , 2nd Sanctuary Man , The Woman Runner , Billy , Mary 2 , Woman Customer , Sandman , Sanctuary Woman , Cub , Timid Girl , Runner , Last Day Character (uncredited) , Sandman Daniel (uncredited) , Sand Man (uncredited) , City Dweller (uncredited) , The City Computer (uncredited) , Cub (uncredited) Runtime 119 minutes YouTube Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USADM5Gk9Gs Expand

Logan’s Run was a 1970s dystopian classic based on the original novel by William F. Nolan that was set in a world where everyone was killed once they turned 30. While this was a powerful showcase of extreme solutions to the very real issue of overpopulation, the truth was that from a scientific point of view, this action causes more issues than it solves. Logan’s Run, at its core, misunderstands population density because if everyone were killed at 30, it would mean far too many children for the minority of adults left to support with their limited time left alive.

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8 Total Recall (1990)

Directed by Paul Verhoeven

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7/10 Total Recall R Sci-FiThrillerAction

Based on Philip K. Dick’s short story “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale”, Total Recall tells the story of Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger), a construction worker who receives an implanted memory of an adventure in humanity’s colony on Mars. Quaid finds his memories playing out in real time, hunted by agents of a mysterious organization as he works to topple the tyrannical regime of a Martian dictator (Ronny Cox).

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*Availability in US Director Paul Verhoeven Release Date June 1, 1990 Studio(s) Carolco Pictures Distributor(s) Tri-Star Pictures Writers Dan O’Bannon , Gary Goldman , Ronald Shusett Cast Marshall Bell , Ronny Cox , Sharon Stone , Rachel Ticotin , Michael Ironside , Arnold Schwarzenegger Runtime 113 minutes Budget $65 million Expand

Total Recall told a sci-fi story about a man who receives implanted memories of a fantastical adventure on Mars, although as it progressed, the lines between reality and fiction began to blur, and it was uncertain which version of the man was real. With Arnold Schwarzenegger as Douglas Quaid / Carl Hauser, Total Recall was a fun-filled journey into sci-fi concepts full of inaccuracies. The most glaring issue was that in Total Recall, people had to pay for breathable air on Mars, a concept that an article on Medium explained does not make sense within the confines laid out in the film.

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7 Prometheus (2012)

Directed by Ridley Scott

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58 8.2/10 Prometheus R Sci-FiHorrorActionAdventureDramaMystery

2012’s Prometheus is the fifth installment in the Alien franchise and was directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, and Guy Pearce, the film acts as a direct prequel to 1979’s Alien.

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*Availability in US Director Ridley Scott Release Date June 8, 2012 Studio(s) 20th Century Distributor(s) 20th Century Writers Jon Spaihts , Damon Lindelof Cast Charlize Theron , Noomi Rapace , Idris Elba , Guy Pearce , Michael Fassbender Runtime 124 Minutes Franchise(s) Alien Sequel(s) Alien: Covenant prequel(s) Aliens , Alien , Alien 3 , Alien Resurrection , Alien Vs Predator , Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem Budget 130 million Expand

From Alien to Blade Runner right through to The Martian, Ridley Scott has directed several sci-fi classics that, although wildly entertaining, also feature their fair share of scientific issues. Perhaps the most glaring example of this was Scott’s Alien prequel Prometheus, which an article in Forbes stated left scientists baffled. From the improper movement of thousands-of-years-old specimens to the inaccurate depiction of objects moving at the speed of light, Prometheus was certainly a movie where audiences were required to suspend their disbelief.

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6 The Matrix (1999)

Directed by the Wachowskis

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9.8/10 The Matrix RActionAdventureSci-Fi

The Matrix, directed by the Wachowskis, stars Keanu Reeves as Neo, a hacker who discovers that reality is a simulated construct controlled by intelligent machines. Laurence Fishburne and Carrie-Anne Moss co-star as Morpheus and Trinity, who help Neo navigate and ultimately challenge the artificial world. The film blends action, philosophy, and groundbreaking visual effects, establishing itself as a pivotal entry in the science fiction genre.

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*Availability in US Director Lana Wachowski , Lilly Wachowski Release Date March 31, 1999 Writers Lilly Wachowski , Lana Wachowski Cast Keanu Reeves , Laurence Fishburne , Carrie-Anne Moss , Hugo Weaving , Gloria Foster , Joe Pantoliano Runtime 136 minutes Main Genre Action Expand

The cyberpunk stylings of The Matrix work far better as a philosophical thought experiment than a genuine scientific possibility. While there’s merit to the idea that humanity lives within a simulation, the idea that machines use humans as energy sources contradicts the laws of thermodynamics. While The Matrix hinges on the idea that robots can run on human power, the simple truth is that this would be a wildly inefficient way to run a machine-led society, even if Morpheus asserted to Neo that humans produce “more bioelectricity than a 120-volt battery and over 25,000 BTUs of body heat.”

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5 The Fly (1986)

Directed by David Cronenberg

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9/10 The Fly RHorror Sci-FiDrama

From legendary director David Cronenberg, The Fly tells the story of Seth Brundle, a scientist who, in attempting to create a device that facilitates teleportation, accidentally merges his DNA with that of a fly, and begins to mutate into a human-fly hybrid. The film stars Jeff Goldblum as Brundle, with Geena Davis as Ronnie Quaife, Seth’s partner and love interest. 

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*Availability in US Director David Cronenberg Release Date August 15, 1986 Studio(s) 20th Century Distributor(s) 20th Century Writers Charles Edward Pogue , David Cronenberg Cast Jeff Goldblum , John Getz , Geena Davis Runtime 96 minutes Franchise(s) The Fly Sequel(s) The Fly II Budget $15 million Expand

Director David Cronenberg has never been overly concerned with scientific accuracy, as the grotesque visions he has depicted in terrifying body horror stories have always embraced supernatural and fantasy elements. This was no different in his 1986 remake of the B-movie classic The Fly, which saw Jeff Goldblum play a scientist who, in an experiment gone wrong, slowly turns into a man-fly hybrid. With impressive makeup that even earned the film an Oscar, The Fly ignores basic biology and genetics to tell its horrific story of genetic splicing.

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4 Timecop (1994)

Directed by Peter Hyams

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Timecop is a science fiction action film featuring an officer from a time travel regulatory security agency. He faces a treacherous pursuit by a corrupt politician with connections to his past, amidst a backdrop of temporal manipulation and intrigue.

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*Availability in US Director Peter Hyams Release Date September 16, 1994 Studio(s) Warner Bros. Pictures Distributor(s) Universal Pictures , Warner Bros. Pictures Writers Mark Verheiden Cast Jean-Claude Van Damme , Mia Sara , Ron Silver , Bruce McGill , Gloria Reuben , Scott Bellis , Jason Schombing , Scott Lawrence , Kenneth Welsh , Brent Woolsey , Brad Loree , Shane Kelly , Richard Faraci , Steven Lambert , Kevin McNulty , J.J. Makaro , Yves Cameron , David Jacox , Jacob Rupp , Sean O’Byrne , Gabrielle Rose , Malcolm Stewart Character(s) Max Walker , Melissa Walker , Senator Aaron McComb , Commander Eugene Matuzak , Fielding , Ricky , Atwood , Spota , Utley , Shotgun , Reyes , Rollerblades , Cole , Lansing , Parker , McComb Guard #1 / McComb Guard #2 , McComb Man #1 , Palmer , Aide Lawrence , Judge Marshall , Nelson Runtime 99 minutes Budget $27 million Expand

The Jean Claude Van-Damme action sci-fi cult classic Timecop was an engrossing exploitation policework set in a world where time travel was possible. With Van Damme as time-regulating police officer Max Walker, Timecop put forward many interesting ideas, such as the real metaphysics concept of impenetrability, which states that two bodies of matter cannot occupy the same space at the same time. While this interesting scientific concept makes sense theoretically, the result of a time traveler turning into a gelatinous blob of goo when he unwittingly touched another version of himself was entirely fictional.

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3 The 6th Day (2000)

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode

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The 6th Day PG-13ActionMysterySci-FiThriller

In The 6th Day, Adam Gibson discovers he’s been illegally cloned. As he uncovers a conspiracy in a world where cloning is advanced but controversial, the film explores the ethical dilemmas and dangers of human cloning.

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*Availability in US Director Roger Spottiswoode Release Date November 17, 2000 Writers Cormac Wibberley , Marianne Wibberley Cast Arnold Schwarzenegger , Michael Rapaport , Tony Goldwyn , Michael Rooker , Sarah Wynter , Wendy Crewson Runtime 123 minutes Main Genre Action Expand

The 6th Day was an Arnold Schwarzenegger action sci-fi that dealt with the concept of cloning, a scientific curiosity that the general public had become increasingly interested in following the real cloning of Dolly the sheep in 1996 (via History.) Telling the story of a man illegally cloned as part of a shady billionaire’s vast conspiracy, at its core, The 6th Day ignored the basic science behind cloning. Rather than replicate and create two versions of the same person with their personality and memory intact, genuine cloning means starting anew with a subject that’s genetically identical to their clone.

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2 Lucy (2014)

Directed by Luc Besson

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6/10 Lucy RActionSci-FiThriller

Scarlet Johansson stars as the title character in Luc Besson’s 2014 sci-fi thriller Lucy, where a young woman who’s forced to work as a drug mule accidentally develops superhuman abilities after an experimental drug leaks into her system. She is pursued by drug lord Mr. Jang (Choi Min-sik) and helped by both Professor Samuel Norman (Morgan Freeman) and police captain Pierre Del Rio (Amr Waked) while she unlocks skills far beyond 10% of the human brain’s capacity.

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*Availability in US Director Luc Besson Release Date July 25, 2014 Studio(s) Universal Pictures Distributor(s) Universal Pictures Writers Luc Besson Cast Scarlett Johansson , Morgan Freeman , Choi Min-sik , Amr Waked , Julian Rhind-Tutt , Pilou Asbæk , Lio Tipton , Nicolas Phongpheth Runtime 90minutes Franchise(s) Lucy Budget $40 million Main Genre Action Expand

As the director of sci-fi classics like The Fifth Element, it was exciting to see Luc Besson return to adult-oriented sci-fi movies with the Scarlett Johansson vehicle Lucy. This outrageous story of a drug that provides enhanced intelligence took the idea that humans only use 10% of their brain to the absolute extreme as Lucy (Johannson) gained psychokinetic abilities from an experimental synthetic drug she ingested. However, the 10% of brain myth has long been proven false and does not align with the human mind’s true complexity.

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1 Jurassic Park (1993)

Directed by Steven Spielberg

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10/10 Jurassic Park PG-13AdventureSci-Fi

Huge advancements in scientific technology have enabled a mogul to create an island full of living dinosaurs. John Hammond has invited four individuals, along with his two grandchildren, to join him at Jurassic Park. But will everything go according to plan? A park employee attempts to steal dinosaur embryos, critical security systems are shut down and it now becomes a race for survival with dinosaurs roaming freely over the island.

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*Availability in US Director Steven Spielberg Release Date June 11, 1993 Writers Michael Crichton , David Koepp Cast Sam Neill , Laura Dern , Jeff Goldblum , Richard Attenborough , Bob Peck , Martin Ferrero Runtime 127 minutes Budget $63 million Main Genre Action-Adventure Expand

As the highest-grossing film of 1993, Jurassic Park presented a cinematic milestone as it revolutionized CGI visuals and brought dinosaurs to life with stunning realism. However, from using frog DNA to fill genetic gaps to the improbability of a viable sample surviving 66 million years, its science was also riddled with inaccuracies. Even the impressive visuals don’t add up when taking modern science into account, as the T. Rex should be sporting feathers. However, this would have taken away from the film’s awe-inspiring impact and proves that sometimes spectacle should trump science when it comes to filmmaking.

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