As a hard science fiction film, it presents a remarkably realistic experience of what it would be like to go on such a mission, even despite occasional slip-ups like noises in empty space. The film firmly belongs to the 'hard' science fiction subgenre, which also includes, for example, 2001:A SPACE ODYSSEY (1969), THE MARTIAN (2013), or GRAVITY (2013), to be contrasted with fantasy science fiction or space operas like the STAR WARS franchise. EUROPA REPORT is a movie presenting itself as commentated compiled footage transmitted from a space expedition to the eponymous moon of Jupiter before it was lost, and telling the story of its six crew members on the way there and after they arrive.