Finished this script by Philip Gelatt.
I wish this "found-footage" genre would die already.
In EUROPA, we get footage of a crew as it travels to a moon in Jupiter's orbit. They have reason to be believe that this moon may hold life.
So the first hour or so, the story crawls along as they rocket along the cosmos. Incredibly boring. One crewmember dies and another starts to go crazy. Standard stuff. They eventually land on Europa and find water. They investigate further and sure enough there's some kind of creature that kills them all...but not before they're able to download all the footage back to earth.
Totally ridiculous. Philip Gelatt can't write character to save his soul. There's nothing about their personalities (other than one going crazy) that makes them stand out or memorable.
Definite pass on the script. Pass on the writer.
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