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Science fiction fans are spoiled for choice on Netflix right now, with a great selection of original series and feature-length movies to stream.
The following Netflix offerings include an original sci-fi series where mankind is going to the stars for help from an alien force. A film features a battle between humankind and huge alien sea monsters, another science fiction film features the mob using time travel to kill off their targets, a man who has nightmares about aliens destroying the world and they come true and a world where people's chances are ruled by their DNA.
Some are new, others are older, but all are great viewing for sci-fi fans and available for streaming on Netflix now.
'Nightflyers' - Netflix Original series
“Nightflyers” is an adaptation of a George RR Martin novella of the same name. The story is set in the future where earth is almost destroyed and some of the best scientists, along with a psychic, are sent off to make first contact with an alien race they believe could save humanity. However, the psychic’s presence on the ship causes problems and scary vision, leading to the scientists having to save their mission, rather than the world.
'Pacific Rim' - Gigantic sea monsters invade
Guillermo del Toro directed “Pacific Rim,” a story where alien life appears, not from outer space, but from under the Pacific Ocean. The sea monsters, known as Kaiju, are so enormous, huge human-piloted robots, called Jaegers, are created to fight them. However, millions of people still die despite the robots and two unlikely heros are employed as mankind’s last hope against the Kaiju and an eventual apocalypse.
'Looper' - Time-travel movie
This mind-bending thriller movie is set in the past and a future where time travel has been invented, but is illegal and is only available through the black market. Whenever the mob wants to kill someone, they send their target back 30 years into the past where a hired gun – or “looper” – is ready to mop them up. Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is one such looper who is getting rich from his work, until the mob decides to send his future self (played by Bruce Willis) to target him for assassination.
'Extinction' - Alien invasion movie
A father is living a normal life – work, home, family – but starts having a recurring nightmare where earth is invaded by aliens bent on its destruction. At first he thinks he is going crazy, but his nightmare comes true and he is forced to fight for his family’s lives. The film stars Michael Peña, Mike Colter and Lizzy Caplan.
'Gattaca' - DNA related Sci-fi movie
“Gattaca” takes place in a future world where technology allows for children to be born with the “perfect” set of genes. This mitigates the risk of major health problems. However, normal babies, who are not genetically perfect are dubbed “in-valids” and are second-class citizens, lacking any opportunity due to their bad biological blueprint. Ethan Hawke plays Vincent, an in-valid who passes himself off as an elite to make his dreams of space exploration come true.
