Director: Alexandre Aja
Cast: Mélanie Laurent , Mathieu Amalric , Malik Zidi , Marc Saez , Cathy Cerda , Lyah Valade , Annie Balestra , Marie Lemiale , Eric Herson-Macarel , Laura Boujenah , Pascal Germain (voc)
Plot: Oxygen is a French survival thriller directed by Alexandre Aja. The film tells the story of a young woman (Mélanie Laurent, 6 Underground, Inglourious Basterds), who wakes up in a cryogenic pod. She doesn't remember who she is or how she ended up there. As she's running out of oxygen, she must rebuild her memory to find a way out of her nightmare.
My Movie Review: The movie is a high-concept thriller that's timely to our current condition where claustrophobia became our home as mask we wear became norm gasping with oxygen! Parallel to Mélanie Laurent's situation we both wanting freedom without restrictions but we've been deprived to that especially the first year of Covid Pandemic the feeling of you can't breath and your actions are limited just like her who can't barely move in her launch pad- relate much! Oxygen is such a essential experience indeed a tough watch but worthy Melanie Laurent was amazing and so was the effects and cinematography even if one time watch- won't disappoint:) Gaslighting while Oxygen isn't strictly a horror movie, it generates a number of scares on top of the general claustrophobia feel, there's the existential dread of seeing the oxygen levels ticking steadily downwards, as well as the creeping realization that her child Liz might be beyond help! What if you're the one who wakes up in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how you got there and you must find a way out before running out of air come to think of it you can't survive but when you're there you'll do what must done will adrenaline rush might pull through:)
Critics Consensus: Oxygen gets the white-knuckle maximum out of its claustrophobic setting, with director Alexandre Aja and star Mélanie Laurent making this a must-watch thriller for sci-fi fans. All I will say is that after watching this movie you will want your passwords etched in stone. Absolutely pulpy, but gripping and well-done..."Oxygen" takes us on a thrilling voyage and lands at an unexpected destination. What Oxygen's really about doesn't pack enough of a punch, but it is an especially well shot contained thriller with a phenomenal lead performance from Mélanie Laurent. There's a twist midway that only the most naive viewer will not see coming (we know exactly where she is, from the opening frame), but it's good wholesome fun, and Laurent certainly brings conviction to an otherwise paper-thin role. Decent tech specs, including some nifty shots from veteran horror cinematographer Maxime Alexandre, offset the slightly cobbled-together feel. An audacious and absorbing slice of genre entertainment. With a script that thoughtfully integrates the story's twists and turns for maximum emotional impact and the central performance that places us right in the thick of our protagonist's turmoil, "Oxygen" is genre filmmaking at its finest. It works thanks to energetic distress of Ms. Laurent:)
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