The film stars Ariana DeBose, Chris Messina, John Gallagher Jr., Masha Mashkova, Costa Ronin, and Pilou Asbæk.

The film follows two groups aboard the International Space Station—one of American astronauts and the other of Russian cosmonauts—who fight each other for the control of the station after a war starts between their respective countries.

premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Film Festival, and was theatrically released in the United States on January 19, 2024, by Bleecker Street.

NASA astronauts Kira Foster and Christian Campbell arrive at the International Space Station (ISS) and greet their colleagues: American Commander Gordon Barrett and Russian cosmonauts Weronika Vetrov and brothers Nicholai and Alexey Pulov.

Despite the cultural and political differences, they get along well, with the Russian and American men considering each other as brothers and Gordon and Weronika having formed a romance.

Communications with the ground fail, but Gordon receives a coded message from the US government indicating that the Russian military has initiated a nuclear attack on the US and ordering him to take control of the ISS "by any means necessary."

Enraged by the attack on Gordon, Weronika asks Kira – the only one she trusts – to depart in the Soyuz spacecraft with Alexey's research, a cure for radiation sickness.

Alexey sees Gordon hanging onto a solar panel and uses the robotic arm to rescue him, then helps Kira evade Nicholai.

Both governments, sending several messages, request confirmation that the astronauts and cosmonauts have completed their respective missions to take control of the station.

Kira and Alexey don't even see the messages, as they are already boarding the Soyuz spacecraft with the research; then they descend toward Earth.

Scott Kelly's memoir Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery was used as research for the film and inspired how the mice react to zero gravity.

I’m a popcorn-chomping moviegoer...And so being able to be entrusted, with that world, that genre, whilst maybe bringing some of that humanity that I feel is more my tool set into it felt like a very fun challenge.

[19] Reviewing the film for his Kermode and Mayo's Take channel on YouTube, Mark Kermode summarised his critique thus:[22] It doesn't come up with much more than its central theme, but it's an enjoyable B movie in that it's a simple set up, it's convincingly played and directed with enough panache.Derek Sante of KSNV wrote in his generally positive review: "This is an interesting thriller, though it has some plot problems.

"[23] Reviewing the film for The Observer, Wendy Ide gave it a 3/5 score and wrote, "While DeBose is impressive, the contrived plot of Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s movie hinges, somewhat preposterously, on rational, highly trained scientific minds devolving overnight into paranoid, murderous maniacs.

"[24] Tim Robey of The Daily Telegraph was more critical in his review: "With a modest budget of $14m applied to a concept bursting with potential, the film bides its time sensibly enough, but then screws up every remaining phase of its mission.