Stowaway Review: Netflix's Tense Mission-To-Mars Movie Presents a Surprisingly Down-to-Earth Moral Dilemma
In space, no one can hear you decide who lives and who dies
Jordan Hoffman
April 22, 2021, 12:01 a.m. PT
Here's a tip: don't go to space. There's no air, there are solar flares and, in case you had not heard, once there, no one can hear you scream.
But then again, Mars is just sitting there (okay, revolving around the sun) ready to be made adaptable to human life.
Stowaway exists in a not-too-distant time (they still use the word "selfies") when Martian colonization isn't a dream — it's happening and it's working. It's just that getting there remains a big pain in the ass.