The 5 best sci-fi movies to watch on Netflix in March

polygon.com:

It’s March, Polygon readers. As the calendar turns toward spring and the temperature starts to heat up a bit, what better way to spend the season than watching some quality science fiction?

Each month, the curation team at Polygon selects five great sci-fi movies on Netflix for you to enjoy at home, prioritizing those that are the best fit for that month. This time around, we have movies from exciting filmmakers attached to fun new projects, movies led by actors with recent theatrical releases, and two can’t-miss anime selections good for any time of the year.

Let’s dive into it.

Year: 2009Run time: 1h 35m Directors: Mark Neveldine, Brian TaylorCast: Gerard Butler, Logan Lerman, Michael C. Hall

Over the past few years, I will often suddenly sit straight up and ask aloud, “What the hell are Neveldine and Taylor up to?” Finally, we have a bit of an answer.

Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor were a groundbreaking filmmaking duo who embraced chaos cinema, using frenetic editing and visual excess to create unique sensory experiences like the Crank movies, the criminally underrated Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, and, of course, the Gerard Butler-led video game movie Gamer. They haven’t worked together since Spirit of Vengeance, but Taylor directed most of the Christopher Meloni show Happy! and, most recently, is attached to the upcoming Hellboymovie (which seems to have the potential to actually be good). That’s exciting news for those of us who like the particular visual flair he brings to his projects (or those of us who like Hellboy).

Back to Gamer — it’s a movie not without its flaws (some of the attempts at social commentary with regard to our obsession with virtual worlds miss the mark, especially the movie’s odious