jadavix Sexmission was a huge surprise to me. It's funny, intelligent, well made, thought provoking, and entertaining up until the end. It never reveals its small budget, and it keeps you guessing. It is science fiction that would have done Stanislaw Lem proud for its innovation and twists.The movie involves two men - one a scientist, the other a nobody - who volunteer for an experiment in which they are to be put into deep sleep for a period of three years. They wake up sixty years later and find that they are the only men on Earth and that humanity lives underground in fear of "radiation" up above.The resultant female-only society has rewritten history and now claims all invention to be female-produced. Einstein and Newton were female, according to the law.I went into this one expecting a dopey sex comedy, judging by the title, and something depressingly cheap and moronic, judging by the genre. I got neither. While it's true that there is some incidental nudity in this movie, and also some humour, it's not a sex comedy at all, but a convincing, well-made science fiction film.

Shalotka "Sexmission" has everything that a good movie needs - a plot, memorable characters, well written dialog and a bigger concept underlying the story. In fact there are two concept that meet at several points: the gender stereotypes seen from different perspectives and the totalitarian dystopia.If I had to advertise the movie to non-Polish viewers (especially the English-speaking ones) perhaps I would give it a tag line "Orwell meets Benny Hill".The beginning of the plot is well known - two hibernated men, Max and Albert, wake up after a great war in the hands of all-female totalitarian state. The women are brainwashed (a strong mockery of radical feminism) so they perceive males as a threat to the society. Our heroes realize that the ways they have dealt with women before - cheap compliments (Max) and appearing vulnerable (Albert) - will just not work here. The two men have to rely on their better features: wit, courage, honest male friendship and strong faith in humanity in their pursuit for freedom and restoring the laws of nature.The political satire is very well constructed, since the women's society as presented in the movie has all the features of the totalitarian regime. The loyalty to the League (equivalent of the Party) is superior to all interpersonal relationships and what is the most significant, the League's propaganda purposely misrepresents reality as well as history.The gender stereotypes are explored with rather positive attitude, showing that there's no use of denying our own nature and that the differences between the genders, even with their weaknesses, is what we are attracted to.The outcome of these ideas is that you definitely become a better man and a better woman when you are allowed the freedom of thought.I believe you don't have to "know Poland" to understand the movie, but in fact any experience with political (science) fiction is enough. Enjoy!

bentojensen Making fun of the relation between men (more less male chauvinist) and women (who rules this new world) are well made. The end of the story took me by surprise more than once because I expected the movie to end at several times where, if the of movie had been removed, I would not have known. But it goes some step further. I am not in favor of censoring political movies, but this one had to go around the political censors and did it very good. Therefore, it is not easy to see that are making a satire about the regimes in Eastern Europe during the Cold War (1945-1989).I enjoyed it very much and will see again the next time I get a chance.

shu-fen I watched this movie in town in 1992, that was my first time to hear Polish, lovely language. Later, I had rummaged through the internet hoping to get a copy of DVD of this marvellous movie but fate doesn't permit, just one copy of video on ebay, yuck!Many of us are familiar with Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski's trilogy Red, Blue, White, the 10-episode TV "Decalogue" and also The Double Life of Veronique. Perhaps not many of us have seen this hilarious, provocative but little known sci-fi "mission" comedy.With its background setting, one may easily associate the story with totalitarianism, dictatorship, fascism, social satire and science machinations. The voluntary 3-year-yet-turned-10-year hibernation of Olgierd Lukaszewicz and Jerzy Stuhr, the untimely wars in between, the hostility of the mis-educated, mis-informed and aggressive "amazonians" are fantastic elements interpreted humorously and successfully.When the two man wake up from the hibernation, they find that they seem to be the only men in an all-female society living underground. They venture to keep alive by disguising as women. The biggest irony is when one of them struggles to leave the place but rushing into the "starry night", he finds that it is only a layer of elastic plastic tent: the women living underground have been deceived all through the years. Later they bring their beloved women out from the underground and let them experience the tenderness of sex with man.The public trial is the most unforgettable. After their identity has been figured out, they are caught and thrown into an arena-like court house to be tried and judged by the entire female population. One of the allegations is: all scientists are men and they cause war so they are criminals. One man retorts, "What about Madame Curie?" A few seconds' silence, "HE's also a man!" exploded from the frantic crowd.If making an analogy of 1984 with this one, the former is heavy and dark, the latter is light and hopeful, though both carry the same message: Big Brother (Sister) is Watching.