Option 2 seems much more likely because there is a point in the film where Pinbacker is stalking Cassie, but mistakes Trey's body for her. If he had killed him, he probably would have remembered. For this movie you have to accept a bit of science fiction, i. In any case, the front of the payload, the big umbrella-like dome that covered the bomb, was a gigantic heat shield that had supposedly been designed to withstand the intense heat when the ship s were close enough to the sun's surface - you might have noticed that the surface of the shield was an intricate group of rectangular panels that are controlled by hydraulic actuators so they can be aligned to deflect the sun at any angle the crew positions the ship.
What you may not have noticed so easily is that the entire shield seems to be covered with gold or a gold-like material - gold is one of the best materials on Earth that reflects sunlight so it makes sense that the designers would use it when making the shield. Seeing the film in a theatre, the shield looked like it was black, however, it may just be because of the equipment used to project the film.
On DVD and Blu-ray, the shield clearly has a gold tint. In any way, this shield can effectively divert the intensely hot rays of sunshine, allowing each Icarus ship to survive in the shadow it creates. The Icarus needs to propel itself and the payload, and is not built to withstand direct sunlight itself, as can be seen during the spacewalk scene when the communication towers rotate into direct sunlight and burn upon contact. Had everything gone according to plan, then Icarus would have been separated from the payload at the end, flown away in a straight angle from it and the sun, still temporarily protected by the payload's shadow, and by a smaller heat shield attached to Icarus' end; however, due to the fact that there was no one piloting Icarus in the end anymore, it could not get away before the payload would start its descent into the sun, as planned.
Activation of the thrusters on the payload probably pushed Icarus out of alignment, and no longer being protected from the sun, it burned up and exploded. The payload is a different story: as it has to fly through the outer layers of the sun at the end, a front shield would be no more use, thus it is made out of a material that can withstand much more heat than Icarus.
Indeed, Capa, Cassie and Pinbacker are all aboard the payload when it enters the sun, without ill effects from the heat. Also, you may recall Capa's simulation of the bomb's delivery: when the bomb and shield are detached from the ship and launched into the sun, Capa says that "time and space will become mashed together" and the onboard computer cannot predict how successful the detonation will be or what will actually happen. So, the writers, knowing that this film is sci-fi, are counting on audiences to accept that this film happens 50 years in the future, at a time when our scientists have been able to invent the technology necessary to propel the story, so the target audience, sci-fi fans and hopefully others will take it on faith that the story is at least plausible.
The entire reason for the mission to the sun is that the sun isn't giving out enough heat, you can see in the close up shots of it's surface it isn't moving as we normally see it do so, this coupled with the shield is what the film makers use to allow the story to be set there. The sun may also be 'cold' enough for the payload to fly through long enough for detonation, without burning or melting up. At the movies end we see Sydney was frozen again reminding us that our star wasn't giving off as much heat as it normally does.
Captain Kaneda - sacrifices himself to fix the shield after Trey's miscalculations, and is burned alive by the sun. Harvey - When expelled from Icarus I after the airlock breaks, a midair collision jars him off course and he asphyxiates from lack of oxygen before his body freezes after being exposed to outer space without a space suit. Searle - volunteers to stay on board Icarus I, where he sits on the observation deck and is presumably burned to death by the sun.
Trey - commits suicide after blaming himself for the death of the Captain. Could have also been murdered by Pinbacker see above. Corazon - murdered by Pinbacker in the burnt-out oxygen garden. Mace - two possibilities, neither is certain from what we see: 1. Freezes to death from submerging himself in the mainframe coolant for too long. Bleeds to death after his leg is caught under one of the mainframes and he is trapped there. Though in the screenplay, Mace is still alive, but caught and unable to move, during the famous Capa walk through Icarus II - but the writers must have changed it because Capa had already blown the airlock and the Icarus II had been depressurized.
You would assume they had been put through some serious training and carefully studied so they have the right mental stamina for such an epic mission? Cliff Curtis plays Searle, the ships Doctor who spends his days obsessing about the Sun and carefully exposing himself to ever increasing amounts of intense sunlight, thanks to the ships special viewing lounge. The skin on his face starts to peel and get crispy but nobody seems that bothered? He is twitchy, selfish, cowardly and generally useless.
Capa is asked to make an informed choice and bad things start happening but approaching the hour mark the film is still just a classy Sci-Fi thriller, any misfortunes the crew face are linked to the technology they are working with such as the huge solar shield at the front of the ship … Very little hints at the insanity that is about to unfold!
It is revealed that the captain of the Icarus I, Pinbacker played by Mark Strong is still very much alive. He is naked and covered in deep skin burns due to exposing himself to the Sun Much like Searle.
Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Pinbacker is real. Improve this answer. Bookeater Bookeater 2, 2 2 gold badges 13 13 silver badges 28 28 bronze badges. I'd prefer if he was imaginary : His being real is too dumb to be true.
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A shocked Capa ascertains that Pinbacker, now heavily burned from sun exposure and fully naked, snuck aboard and decoupled the airlocks. Pinbacker sabotages the spacecraft by removing the mainframe from its coolant bath, shutting down the computer and power systems, which prevents them from delivering the payload. He maims Capa, traps him in the airlock, and kills Corazon with one of the scalpels he stole earlier.
Cassie escapes, and Pinbacker chases her into the payload ship, while Mace attempts to undo Pinbacker's sabotage to the mainframe. Manually reactivating the mainframe, Mace is trapped in a coolant reservoir when a mainframe catches his leg and he freezes to death. Capa breaches the airlock's outer door, thereby opening the inner door by decompressing the ship. Manually decoupling the bomb, Capa jumps onto the payload ship, its boosters knocking Icarus II off course and causing the Icarus II to explode and disintegrate.
Capa enters the payload and finds Cassie, only to be attacked by Pinbacker. However as the payload turns, Cassie rips the burned skin off Pinbacker's forearm, allowing the two to escape. As she is dying, Cassie whispers to Capa, "finish it" and Capa goes to trigger the bomb. The bomb successfully detonates, killing all three. On Earth, Capa's sister reviews her brother's last message on the frozen Sydney Harbor and watches the Sun noticeably brighten, implying the mission's success.
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