Solar Crisis

Solar Crisis

In the year 2050, the battle to save the earth will be fought on the sun.

Directed by Richard C. Sarafian, Alan Smithee

Produced by Trimark Pictures, Gakken

1992112 min4.5 / 10

A high-stakes sci-fi action thriller about astronauts racing against cosmic catastrophe to save Earth through a desperate, audacious mission to the Sun.

A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence and a Japanese pilot at the right time so the flare will point somewhere else.

Questions people ask

  • Is Solar Crisis sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Does Solar Crisis end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

  • Is Solar Crisis scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Solar Crisis violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Solar Crisis easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

18/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity79

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Solar Crisis

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Solar Crisis

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Solar Crisis, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Solar Crisis, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Solar Crisis, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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