Bracket Challenge: The Greatest Sci-Fi Film Of All Time (Round Two - Part Two)

We delve ever deeper into round two where classics begin to clash.

We kicked off round two action last week with a quartet of matchups that featured a titan of the genre wielding its power, a pair of 80’s classics rising to the top, and a duo of 21st century gems deadlocked in heated battle for a spot in the third round. The matchup between Interstellar and Arrival was so razor thin, it required a coin flip to determine a winner.

Here is how things shook out in those matchups.

• #1 2001: A Space Odyssey defeated #33 Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1955)

• #16 Interstellar lost to #17 Arrival (This matchup was tied and decided by coin flip)

• #9 The Empire Strikes Back defeated #24 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

• #8 ET: The Extraterrestrial defeated #25 Terminator 2

This week, another eight films are set to lock horns as they vie for a spot in the sweet sixteen. In our first matchup, Keanu Reeves takes on Leonardo DiCaprio in a pair of mind bending classics from the most recent epoch of cinema. Donald Sutherland stars in a frightening sci-fi remake that squares off against Clive Owen, trapped in a dystopian future.

Kurt Russell and his Antarctic team will face off against Peter Weir and Detroit’s toughest cop. While in our last matchup, Sigourney Weaver takes her badass survival skills up against a new hybrid of humanity and technology in the form of Alicia Vikander.

Before we get to those ballot boxes, let’s take a look at where the bracket stands.

Voting will remain open until August 27 at midnight. Let’s get to those ballot boxes.

Cheers,
Matty C

Be sure to let us know how you voted and why in the comments below. We’d love to hear you plug your picks for the films that should comprise our sweet sixteen.

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