Does the dog die?
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Project Hail Mary
Movie • 2026 • Sci-Fi
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Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Yes but in a positive way and only implied via backstory. (Spoilers for the beginning of the film) Ryland goes through the belongings of one of the side character astronauts who died before waking up, and he finds photographs of him with his children.
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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....Overall no? Looking at the most emotionally moving scene in which characters part ways...one character starts to leave without saying goodbye due to emotional avoidance, but he changes his mind and the scene ends with a very heartfelt exchange of goodbyes.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Are there abusive parents?
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No, and there's hardly any appearance/mention of parents at all. None of the lead characters have any children or parents in their life. One side character is implied to have a positive relationship with a father or uncle. Another side character is implied to have children or nieces/nephews.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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(Slight book vs. movie spoilers)
Stratt is slightly less abusive in the movie, and Ryland is slightly more forgiving of her. The ending is also left a little bit more open ended because he is given the opportunity to return to Earth whenever he wants. Per creator interviews, however, this was intended to depict MORE of a found family theme because staying with people who treat you better than your abusive background is much more powerful if you could leave at any time. (Personally I found it meaningful that when Ryland asks Stratt for time to think, he is given a 3 hour deadline, but when he asks Rocky, he is given the rest of his life.)
Stratt is slightly less abusive in the movie, and Ryland is slightly more forgiving of her. The ending is also left a little bit more open ended because he is given the opportunity to return to Earth whenever he wants. Per creator interviews, however, this was intended to depict MORE of a found family theme because staying with people who treat you better than your abusive background is much more powerful if you could leave at any time. (Personally I found it meaningful that when Ryland asks Stratt for time to think, he is given a 3 hour deadline, but when he asks Rocky, he is given the rest of his life.)
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Yes. A person believes he has a choice, but he actually never really has a choice.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Addiction
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Upon finding himself the only survivor, Grace drinks a ton of vodka.
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There is mention of heroine but it isn't used.
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Are animals abused?
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No animals in the film.
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Are there spiders?
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No but there is a creature who moves in a similar way in some scenes.
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Is rape mentioned?
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No. The only possible tangential example I can think of is a one-off joke about egg-implanting from the movie, Alien. (The writers of Alien had intended this phenomenon to be an allegory for rape.)
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Is someone drugged?
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Very near the end of the film.
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Is someone restrained?
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(Vague spoilers) There is a very emotionally desperate chase scene near the end of the film. The scene ends with the fleeing character being tackled to the ground and forcibly injected with a sedative.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Are there jokes about sexual assault on men?
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Yes but only technically. A character references the movie, Alien, and jokes that he's glad he hasn't been forcibly impregnated with alien eggs.
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Bodily Harm
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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In the very very beginning of the film, a character does a highly comedic "ow my crotch" type of yelp as medical equipment is rapidly removed from his body, likely including a catheter.
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Does a head get squashed?
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No, but if you're sensitive to head trauma (as I am), the prolonged scene where Grace's head is caught between a chair and a screen might be triggering. He ends up fine, but there is blood on his face.
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Is someone burned alive?
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There is an explosion in a lab where 2 crucial members of a team are, however we do not see any actual people burning alive.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Nearly. The main character gets squished by centrifugal forces and is in critical condition cause he is crushed against a wall. But the 2 main charakter safes him so it ends good
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Is there shaving/cutting?
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Grace shaves off his coma beard using an electric trimmer.
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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One of their science missions goes wrong and they almost get crushed by the weight of gravity. (Spoiler ahead) Grace loses consciousness, but is saved by Rocky. Rocky struggles to breathe because he has to leave his atmosphere to rescue Grace.
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Children
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Multiple non-humanoid Eridians die off screen
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Does a major character die?
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Both of the two main characters live, but there is a huge moment of peril and a death fake-out at one point.
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Does someone die?
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Two scientists are killed at the beginning of the movie during mission. The death isn’t shown, but the bodies are. Also an explosion in which people die occurs, but no imagery or bodies shown.
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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The plan of Project Hail Mary is three astronauts who must try to save Earth while knowing they can't go home again and will die in space.
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Disability
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Family
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Does a family member die?
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A character is mentioned to have "no living family," but that is the only mention and it's mostly a throwaway comment.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Grace is drugged and forced onto the ship without his consent.
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Fear
Are there jump scares?
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One biggie from my memory, when Grace first encounters Rocky, when he enters his ship. You can easily tell it’s coming as the score fades out as Grace looks closer at the glass wall. It’s at the end of the first trailer.
Another smaller loud moment is towards the end of the film when Grace and Stratt are talking outside, an explosion happens, but you see it visually in the background of their conversation before you hear it, you have around 2 seconds before you hear a loud bang.
Another smaller loud moment is towards the end of the film when Grace and Stratt are talking outside, an explosion happens, but you see it visually in the background of their conversation before you hear it, you have around 2 seconds before you hear a loud bang.
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A character uses an electric razor to shave his beard.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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There is a room aboard Grace's spaceship that projects images of Earth, including the ocean. At the end of the film a ship is shown sailing on the ocean.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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I plugged my ears for the one described by another user and I was fine. Pills given, happens after getting off the plane into a traffic cone, off screen and very minimal noise. Completely for comedic effect.
What bothered me more was the coughing at the very start of the movie when he wakes up. Some liquid but no vomit. I would have been okay if I knew, but very unexpected.
What bothered me more was the coughing at the very start of the movie when he wakes up. Some liquid but no vomit. I would have been okay if I knew, but very unexpected.
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Is there audio gore?
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Squelching noise as a character eats in an unusual way. This is prefaced by a voiceover narration
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Is there defecation?
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Rocky eats food by entering it into his butt. It is shown on screen, but is blurred. It’s played as a laugh. This isn’t defecation, but could be a gross trigger.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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The ship is repaired but this is only addressed in dialogue and not shown.
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Near the end of the movie, the main character is drugged with a syringe. Also, there may or not be an IV at the beginning as the main character wakes up from a medically induced coma, I don't remember.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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The medical bay of the spaceship is featured a few times throughout the film.
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Mental Health
Is there autism specific abuse?
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Various characters display various personality traits commonly associated with autism, and they are not abused or harassed over it.
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Is there misophonia?
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Chewing/slurping sounds: Grace eats ramen in a few scenes in the movie.
In one scene, Rocky also eats in a rather gross way which is played for comedic effect.
In one scene, Rocky also eats in a rather gross way which is played for comedic effect.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Suicide and a method of how a character is planning on it is mentioned, but the phrase “I’m going to kill myself” is never said. Also, it is mentioned in context that is situational and not stemming from mental illness.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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No, but there are some very immersive feats of cinematography during scenes where characters feel unstable and/or unhinged.
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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To traverse between the main character's ship and the alien's ship, they use a very dark narrow-ish tunnel (approx. 1.5-2 Ryan Goslings in diameter). I was spooked by the scene where he first enters it, but mainly because of how dark the tunnel is as I am not very much a claustrophobe.
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A character struggles to remember who he is after waking up from a years-long coma, but he regains his memory within a couple of scenes.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Suicide is talked about often, but it is never direct or on screen
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Natural Disasters
Are there tsunamis?
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Those sensitive to tsunamis may be concerned when characters discuss doing dangerous particle physics experiments on an aircraft carrier, but no apocalyptic explosions at sea occur.
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Noxious
Are there flashing lights or images?
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The opening scene has lights that mostly switch from blue to red, lasts maybe 30 seconds, nothing very intense. The later set, after a sample ball is brought back in the ship, is much more severe and lasts several minutes. It flickers from red to black repeatedly, with some lights flashing in the background. Aside from those two scenes, there are some minor flashes off of reflective surfaces periodically, and a little bit of flashlights in the dark.
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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There are two particular moments during the film. Both are decently bass-heavy.
The first is a jumpscare about a third of the way into the film. It's not actually scary visually, but something appears suddenly and there's a scare chord. I personally don't think it's *that* bad, but as someone sensitive to loud noises it *did* make me jump due to how sudden it is. Grace will go through a dark tunnel and reach a wall at the end. When he does, brace yourself or plug your ears.
The second is about two-thirds to three-quarters through the film. IMO this one was louder, but the movie lets you know it's coming, so it won't catch you off-guard like the first. Something explodes off-screen in the distance, and you see a shockwave approaching. The loud noise happens when the shockwave reaches the characters.
So for this second one if the issue is not knowing the loud noise is coming, you should be okay. If the issue is the loud noise itself, you might want to weigh skipping this one in the theater, or bring something to help when the moment comes.
Outside of those two specific moments, you should be okay.
The first is a jumpscare about a third of the way into the film. It's not actually scary visually, but something appears suddenly and there's a scare chord. I personally don't think it's *that* bad, but as someone sensitive to loud noises it *did* make me jump due to how sudden it is. Grace will go through a dark tunnel and reach a wall at the end. When he does, brace yourself or plug your ears.
The second is about two-thirds to three-quarters through the film. IMO this one was louder, but the movie lets you know it's coming, so it won't catch you off-guard like the first. Something explodes off-screen in the distance, and you see a shockwave approaching. The loud noise happens when the shockwave reaches the characters.
So for this second one if the issue is not knowing the loud noise is coming, you should be okay. If the issue is the loud noise itself, you might want to weigh skipping this one in the theater, or bring something to help when the moment comes.
Outside of those two specific moments, you should be okay.
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Are there underwater scenes?
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A brief moment in the last 10 min of the movie shows a machine under the surface making waves in an artificial ocean.
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Is there shakey cam?
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There is significant shaky cam during one scene where characters run.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Watched no, overheard yes. There's a recurring comedic bit where one character is trying to keep his video diary sessions private by whispering, but another character (with very good hearing) heckles him from across the room.
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
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Does the black guy die first?
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Chronologically, technically a black guy does die first. But, it’s not the first death confronted in the movie.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Briefly, a character is asked if they believe in God.
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Sex
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Is there sexual content?
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No, but there's a recurring joke where a character (very naively) insists on saying "fist my bump" while doing the "fist bump" gesture.
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Are there nude scenes?
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Implied nudity, "technically counts as nudity," strategic coverups, stuff like that. There is no direct depiction of any human private bits.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Sexism
Is a male character ridiculed for crying?
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No, and the trope is stunningly subverted! A male character begins to openly weep, and the ensuing dialogue subtly mocks him for not expressing his emotions earlier.
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Sickness
Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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No dementia in the film however memory loss is a major plot point.
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Social
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Is existentialism debated?
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Vague spoilers: One of the main recurring themes of the story is the interchange of human connection with heroism. The movie asks us, perhaps even more directly than the book: "Who would you die for?"
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Spoiler
Are there end credit scenes?
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The credits themselves have very colorful and interesting space visuals but there is no actual scene. There are some cool closing logos after that, including the aforementioned MGM Lion, but that’s it.
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Vehicular
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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There is mild blood when Ryan’s character gets injured, shown in bandages after
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Is there gun violence?
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No but there are two different scenes where one character uses a scientific device, and another character is startled and expresses discomfort that it looks like a firearm.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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A science lab building (not the spaceship) blows up in a massive explosion with a shockwave that throws people to the ground. The film does not discuss the underlying physics of the explosion. The book explains that the energy comes from neutrinos and photons rather than the "nucleus" of an atom, but to the average person....YEAH it's basically a nuclear explosion. The explosion is caused by subatomic particles colliding and will visually remind audiences of nuclear bombs.
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2. (SPOILERS) A sentient being in a "Chewbacca" type role does not die.