第五名乘客

　　Wunder der Schöpfung is an extraordinary, fascinating Kulturfilm trying to explain the whole human knowledge of the 1920s about the world and the universe. 15 special effects experts and 9 cameramen were involved in the production of this film which combines documentary scenes, historical documents, fiction elements, animation scenes and educational impact. It its beautifully colored, using tinting and toning in a very elaborated way. Some visual ideas in the sequences with a space shuttle visiting different planets in the universe seem to have to be the inspiration for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
　　In the context of Germany's Kulturfilm phenomenon, Wunder der Schöpfung was among the greatest achievements of the 1920s. The production was constructed, rehearsed, and shot over a period of two and a half years, under the supervision of Hanns Walter Kornblum. The idea to describe the universe and man's place in it well suited UFA's Grossfilm mentality, one year before the Metropolis catastrophe. Hundreds of skilled craftsmen participated in the project, building props and constructing scale models drawn by 15 special effects draughtsmen, while 9 cameramen in separate units worked on the historical, documentary, fiction, animation, and science-fiction sequences. Without star roles or even protagonists, the film's plot is crowded with meticulously structured and skillfully acted single scenes an artful mosaic of small vignettes. No less than four credited university professors ensured the factual background behind the scientific and historical events portrayed.
　　The film's symbol of progress and the new scientific era is a spacecraft, travelling through the Milky Way, making all the planets and their inspiring worlds familiar to us, with the extravaganza of their distinctive features. The film's educational intentions, however, become steadily more obscure, humorous, or even campy as this popularization project proceeds. With the excuse of presenting the end of the world a not-so-new concept as a new, undeniably scientific truth, the film veers happily along a new path, displaying detailed apocalyptic scenes of the end of mankind. For today's audiences, this amazing film demonstrates how the universe was comprehended in the 1920s, and how that view was sold to contemporary audiences.

　　史宾赛是一个郁郁寡欢的12岁小男孩，母亲刚去世、父亲总是不在家、姐姐爱捉弄他、女生又不喜欢他、学校的恶霸经常当众欺负他，孤单的史宾赛只好在漫画书中寻求慰藉。直到有一天晚上，史宾塞突然看到一颗奇怪的流星，坠落在家附近的废车场中。他跑去一探究竟，发现了一套金属人形太空盔甲，它拥有人工智能系统，有自己的意志，但是要有人操控才能发挥超人般的力量。史宾塞穿上了太空盔甲，从此，他的生活再也不一样了……

　　青年阿利安非法入境欧洲，在边境遭到警方缉捕，同伴都惨遭射杀，被子弹射中的他，竟意外活了下来。当他被送进难民营治疗，史登医生发现他拥有腾空漂浮的超能力，于是一边助他逃离营区，一边意图利用他的超能力，大发一笔横财…。 史登医生曾因手术失误，专业与人生陷入重创，遭逢瓶颈的他亟欲逆转一切，竟发现阿利安是他唯一的救赎。阿利安能帮富豪治癒绝症，为他赚进大把钞票；他能让天旋地转，替他惩罚势利的人们；他更出手帮助病重的人，助他们完美离开人世…。 阿利安究竟是天使，还是恶魔？为掩盖边境射杀实情，警方对阿利安展开全面追缉，意图追杀灭口。史登医生带着阿利安四处逃亡，却在过程中受到他的启发，决定迎接生命的奇蹟与改变，在险恶世界中展开一场冒险…。

　　莉娜（娜塔莉·波特曼 Natalie Portman 饰）是一名生物学家，一年前，她的丈夫凯恩（奥斯卡·伊萨克 Oscar Isaac 饰）在参加一项秘密任务后神秘失踪，这一年间，莉娜一直生活在悲伤之中。某天，失忆的凯恩忽然出现在了莉娜的面前，之后晕倒被送入了医院。在那里，莉娜遇见了文崔斯博士（詹妮弗·杰森·李 Jennifer Jason Leigh 饰）。
　　博士告诉莉娜，凯恩被派往了一块被“闪光”笼罩的未知区域，三年间，无数的队伍被派往区域内进行勘探，只有凯恩一人活着回来了。不仅如此，“闪光”正在不断的扩大。为了查明事情的真相，莉娜自愿加入了下一批被派遣的队伍之中，和她一同前往的，除了文崔斯博士外，还有安雅（吉娜·罗德里格兹 Gina Rodriguez 饰）和乔茜（泰莎·汤普森 Tessa Thompson 饰）。

　　尼爾是個生在單親家庭的高中男孩，對科幻動漫英雄凡格情有獨鍾的他，因生性內向，在班上苦無朋友，也得不到家人認同。直到尼爾遇上臭味相投且性格剛烈的茱莉亞，兩人一拍即合！在茱莉亞鼓勵下，尼爾鼓起勇氣投稿知名網站，立即引起網 站版主丹尼斯的注意??，他的出現，大大拓展尼爾的視野，卻也衝擊了兩位高中生的情誼。導演克萊雷佛以清新明快的筆觸，刻劃師生代溝、青少年的迷惘，乃至對性向的探索。電影裡逼真的動漫場景，與劇情互為表裡，充分展現了克萊雷佛的世界觀。