Science fiction film whose stories take place in the year 2023

Over the years, science fiction has shown us what the future would look like, ‘Blade Runner’ gave its 2019 version, ‘Back to the Future’ was set in 2015, and ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’, well, the says his name. But now is the time to see what the present holds, with these sci-fi films, whose stories take place in the year 2023, and see if their predictions are correct.

Only the most Marvel fans pay attention to time, but ‘Avengers: Endgame’ takes place in the year we are about to live. It’s a science fiction film set in 2023although his story begins in 2018, but it is a leap of five years, after the snap of Thanos that eliminated half of the living beings in the universe, and the Avengers want to return everything to normal.

Gemini Ascendant

Dana Schroeder presented this 2013 thriller that few remember. It’s a sci-fi film set in 2013starring Amy Hathaway, it follows a former security officer and martial arts expert who are sent to an island to investigate alien technology that could endanger all of humanity.

The Purge: Anarchy

While the science fiction elements are few, it is a dystopian world with some genre elements. ‘The Purge’ is a film that places its story in 2023, just one year after the original tape, and in a world where they’ve been celebrating a purge every year for 6 years. This event allows, for just one night, any kind of crime, including murder. Available on Star+ and Amazon Prime Video.

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Tomorrow’s War

Chris McKay’s science fiction story takes place in two timelines, the main one in the year 2023 and the future one, set in 2051. “The Tomorrow War”, starring Chris Pratt, follows a group of time travelers who urgently need soldiers to help them in a war against an alien race, which they are losing. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

X-Men: Days of Future Past

One of the most acclaimed superhero films in the genre is ‘X-Men: Days of the Future Past’ which was directed by Bryan Singer and starred Hugh Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence and others. Part of the plot is set in 2023, where in a dystopia ruled by robots, they hunt down the last rebel mutants, and all those humans who take their side. Available on Disney+.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

And as an extra, a horror film, which has no science fiction elements, but whose story is set in 2023. The new revision of the franchise ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, set more than 50 years after the killing spree made by Leatherface in 1973 , who now returns to haunt a group of young social media lovers. Available on Netflix.