10 Recent Sci-Fi Movies You Probably Haven't Seen
2. What Happened To Monday
Available on: Netflix
What Happened to Monday takes place in a world where overpopulation has forced the world's governments to issue a law so families can only bare one child. After a woman dies giving birth to identical septuplets, their grandfather, Terence (Willem Dafoe) takes them in and names them after the seven days of the week.
To avoid the government learning of the children's existence, Terence orders each of them to venture out in public on the day they're named after (Monday goes out on Monday, Tuesday goes out on Tuesday, etc.) so they can pretend they're all the same person. After living in secret for 30 years, Monday disappears, jeopardising the family's life.
Even though What Happened to Monday has fluid action and an inventive world, it's the performances that stand out. Although Willem Dafoe is known for playing larger-than-life characters, films like this prove he's equally as a talented at portraying someone more down-to-Earth.
However, it's impossible for Noomi Rapace not to dominate the film since she plays the septuplets. Even though playing multiple parts can cause an actor to overact to define each of them, Rapace makes all seven characters feel like human beings rather than caricatures.