Goalkeeper of the Galaxy / Cosmoball（2020）- Movie Recaps
An enormous spaceship hovers over Earth-this is a stadium, which hosts sports events that resemble soccer but at mind-boggling speeds. The name of the game is cosmoball.
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00:00The movie unfolds in the year 2071 in the city of Moscow.
00:05The surroundings depict how the planet Earth has greatly suffered from the intergalactic
00:10war fueled by Cherno, an evil scientist who dreams of conquering the entire universe.
00:17He is regarded as the most dangerous prisoner, turning his experiments as weapons that threaten
00:22lives.
00:23Twenty years after the war, the humans also known as Earthlings still face hardships and
00:29struggle to sustain their basic needs.
00:32Anton, a young male Earthling, waits in a long line of humans to refill his water supply
00:38when a mysterious figure from the shadows intentionally manipulates a metal pole to
00:42collapse from behind him.
00:44Anton manages to evade the falling pole, but it creates a commotion in the area.
00:50The humans in line stare at him in dismay, accusing him of being plagued by bad luck
00:56out of the annoyance at the continuous accidents involving him.
00:59Meanwhile, the mysterious figure who turns out to be Cherno's daughter, Valya, reports
01:05back to her father in his gigantic spaceship-turned-prison.
01:08Valya's consistent failed attempts to stimulate Anton's DNA upsets Cherno.
01:14His latest invention called the protogene, a combination of unique cells, is about to
01:19run out.
01:20The last remaining protogene is revealed to be within Anton's DNA, and it serves as
01:26the only key to his freedom.
01:28As a result, Cherno continually pressures her to keep on pursuing Anton and kill him
01:33for good, to which Valya feels heavily burdened.
01:37While Cherno's prison resides in the Earth's deep underground, another huge spaceship hovers
01:42right above it inside the city.
01:44This spaceship is displayed as a dandelion-shaped stadium that caters to a high-risk flying
01:50sport known as Cosmoball.
01:52In this sport, intergalactic teams of four must kick the destructive ball of energy called
01:57Wave Eater five times to open their opposing team's goal and score a point.
02:03Three gifted humans, Fan, Natasha, and Peli, make up the team Earthlings, in which they
02:09all skillfully strike their opponent's goal open amidst being outnumbered.
02:13The game is broadcasted everywhere above the skies of the Earth in big, holographic scenes,
02:19serving as the humans' greatest source of entertainment.
02:22On the contrary, Anton is frustrated at the impact brought by Cosmoball to the humans.
02:28He calls them out for being too immersed in a game when there are far better things to
02:32focus on, such as getting a job and dealing with hunger.
02:36Back in the stadium, the Earthlings and their current opponent, the Ceruseans, both succeed
02:42at opening their opposing goal zones.
02:44Stan, a star player of the Ceruseans, strikes a goal and they take the lead against the
02:50Earthlings by one.
02:52In fact, the Wave Eater is one of Cherno's inventions.
02:55In the midst of transporting another Wave Eater to the playing field, Cherno successfully
03:00intercepts the transfer and instead tosses the Wave towards the machines.
03:05A few machines smash to bits, severely injuring the guards in the process.
03:10This urges Bello, the head of the Galactic Cosmoball League, to momentarily halt the
03:15game and inform the players about the sudden technical difficulty.
03:19The guards regain control of the Wave Eater and the game resumes as soon as the ball reaches
03:24the playing field.
03:25Though the game ends in a draw, it is the first time in history that the Earthlings
03:30triumphantly make their way to the finals, earning a loud cheer from the human spectators
03:35in and out of the stadium.
03:37Cherno, on the other hand, shouts in anguish at the sight of his creation turning into
03:41lumps of rock.
03:43The night emerges and Anton comes home to his sick mother.
03:47He finds out that his mom has been lying about her medical supply and pretends to be fine.
03:52Anton rushes to the pharmacy, where he comes across a young woman named Anya.
03:57The two of them break into the pharmacy to steal some food and medical supplies, but
04:01the alarm immediately catches the attention of the police.
04:05Two police officers, led by Captain Vasily, catch up to them.
04:09Anton pretends to surrender alone and distracts the officers while Anya remains hidden.
04:14He manages to create an opening by distracting them and is able to run away.
04:19Just then, Anton runs and crashes onto a rushing vehicle, causing him to shout in panic.
04:25Vasily checks the front of the truck only to find nothing else but the stolen medicine
04:30spilled all over the floor.
04:32They leave the place in confusion while Valya, who has effectively concealed herself as the
04:37driver of the truck, grins in satisfaction.
04:40Later, it is revealed that Anya is also Valya, who has been following Anton all this time.
04:46Anton's fear has activated the protogene and his teleportation ability for the first time,
04:51as he teleports uncontrollably a few miles away from his previous location.
04:56Disguised as Anya, Valya lures Anton to her basement and captures his attention through
05:02their common interests, such as their shared dislike for Cosmoball and their desire to
05:06help their sick parents.
05:08Anton listens intently, oblivious of why Anya pulls a few strands of his hair to collect
05:13a portion of the protogene from his DNA.
05:16Anya brings the hair strands to her father.
05:18However, the protogene barely responds because of the inadequate amount.
05:23Meanwhile, Anton comes back home surprised at the sight of Bello and a team Earthlings
05:28in their house.
05:30Bello confirms Anton's teleportation ability and expresses his interest in recruiting him
05:35as the fourth player of the team Earthlings.
05:38Anton strongly declines, telling them that he does not like Cosmoball and that he has
05:42to take care of his sick mom.
05:45Natasha steps in and insists on finding a cure for his sick mom in exchange for his
05:50approval.
05:51She convinces both Bello and Anton and they seal the deal with a handshake.
05:56Anton is instantly brought to the stadium ship, where he marvels at every sight.
06:01During his checkup, Bello takes a sample of Anton's genetic material in order to generate
06:06his very own Sputnik, a droid that will serve as his gear and buddy during the games.
06:11Everyone from Team Earthling owns a Sputnik that caters to their respective body composition.
06:17Anton slightly struggles in the first few minutes of training but does not take long
06:21to control his teleportation abilities.
06:23He adjusts to the abilities quickly enough for Bello and the Team Earthlings to observe
06:28a situation that they have never encountered.
06:31Deep in thought, Bello instructs Anton to play for the first two games the next day
06:36and resume his training afterwards.
06:38Bello leaves with Natasha afterwards to meet with the Galactic Council and talk about a
06:43possible cure for Anton's mother.
06:45The Council displays their contempt in the thought of helping Anton and his mother's
06:49intergalactic infection, but Bello firmly insists on going by the deal.
06:54He regards Anton as the most gifted athlete after having seen his performance on the first
06:59day of training.
07:01Natasha spends time with Anton and expresses her fondness of him every chance she gets,
07:06which bewilders Anton most of the time.
07:09On another note, Valya, who has shapeshifted as her alternate identity Anya, captures Anton's
07:15attention through their shared dislike for Cosmoball and the same intention of finding
07:19a cure for her father.
07:21She takes advantage of Anton by giving him a poisonous pod that can possibly destroy
07:26the stadium ship and end Cosmoball for good.
07:29Anton's Sputnik arrives at the scene with Natasha to fetch him.
07:33Before they leave, Anya gives Anton a peck on the lips and slips the pod on his hand
07:38while Anton's Sputnik eyes Anya suspiciously.
07:41On their way back to the stadium ship, Anton grows interested in his Sputnik.
07:46Natasha tells him that Sputniks warn their owner on potential threats and may or may
07:50not activate battle mode depending on the probability of danger.
07:54Another game of Cosmoball commences the following day.
07:58The poisonous pod stays undetected even after going through inspection.
08:02The team Earthlings link with their Sputniks to gear up for the game.
08:06Anton, who is warily holding the poisonous pod in his hand, gets it stuck beneath his
08:11glove.
08:12Anton talks to his Sputnik and removes the glove.
08:15Then Anton uses his hand to squeeze the poisonous pod and its sap spreads across the stadium
08:20ship's floor.
08:21Anton nonchalantly walks away after following Anya's orders and enters the waiting area.
08:28As the athletes enter the playing field, Anton finds himself surrounded by a large crowd
08:32full of welcoming cheers.
08:34Back in his house, his mom watches the game together with Vasily, looking healthier than
08:39ever from the continuous medications.
08:41Soon, the players get into position and start the game.
08:45Anton, on the other hand, sits on the ground and ignores the entire game, causing the audience
08:50to call him a quitter.
08:52Bello pauses the game to summon Anton, attempting to talk some sense into him.
08:56He shows Anton the entire machinery inside the stadium ship and explains how Cosmoball
09:01is more than just a game.
09:03He tells Anton about the war, Cherno, the wave eater, and his last invention, which
09:08is the protogene.
09:09Ultimately, he says to Anton that being an athlete allows him to give his fellow Earthlings
09:14something to hope for amidst their current situation.
09:18Anton eventually realizes the repercussions of his action and runs back to retrieve the
09:23poisonous pod that he dropped, only to find that it has already seeped into a portion
09:27of the ship's stadium.
09:29He comes back to the playing field and shouts that the stadium has been infected but to
09:33no avail as the game goes on.
09:35Bello fortunately notices him and reacts quickly by freezing the infected area.
09:40The poison continues to spread and the stadium ship goes into emergency evacuation mode in
09:46order to protect the audience.
09:48Natasha arrives to free the remaining audience stuck inside when the wave eater dashes toward
09:53her direction.
09:55Anton sees this and races to her aid before the athletes kick the wave eater five times
10:00which results in its meltdown.
10:02He loses consciousness from being hit by the wave eater, but he wakes up not long after.
10:07Then he immediately goes to confront Anya in her basement, yet as soon as their eyes
10:12meet she stuns Anton and shows him her true form, as Valya, while confessing her admiration
10:18towards him.
10:19Even so, she is disappointed in him for not completely destroying the stadium ship and
10:24begins to collect a moderate amount of protogene in his DNA before leaving him unconscious.
10:30Anton's Sputnik hurriedly looks for him after sensing the threat.
10:34Finding him lying unconscious, his Sputnik connects with him and ends up exhausting itself
10:38to heal Anton's injury.
10:40At the same time, Cherno acquires the protogene from Valya and begins his escape plan.
10:46Through the protogene, Cherno summons another one of his creations, a gigantic puppy-like
10:52creature.
10:53He links himself with the creature to gain full control and uses it as a spaceship.
10:58The protogene in his possession also grants him the ability to teleport his way out.
11:03After a while, Anton wakes up and sees Natasha and Bello beside him.
11:08Somewhere inside the same basement, Bello hears Cherno calling his name.
11:12Cherno addresses Bello as his creator and invites him to join forces with him.
11:18Natasha becomes confused upon hearing this.
11:21She questions him up front, but Bello shrugs her off.
11:24Along with the Ceruseans and Amazonians, they all gather outside and briefly encounter
11:29Cherno as he successfully escapes and teleports out of planet Earth.
11:34Meanwhile, the athletes stay on guard throughout the city while Bello informs the Galactic
11:39Council.
11:40He also reveals the closely guarded secret about Cosmoball to everyone.
11:45They learn that Cosmoball is not a game, but a war and that the stadium's ship is built
11:50to prevent the destruction of the planet.
11:53Back in his home, Anton's mom comes to tell him that the athletes are leaving for the
11:57war against Cherno.
11:59But Anton lies down wearily and disheartened from the events around him while holding his
12:04Sputnik in his embrace.
12:06His mom turns to comfort him, saying that on planet Earth, people make mistakes all
12:10the time, but there are strong people who try to fix the mistakes they've made.
12:15Simultaneously, Bello holds another meeting with the Galactic Council about their plan
12:20of action when Natasha suddenly enters.
12:23Natasha is still bugged by what she heard.
12:25She persistently asks Bello why Cherno addressed him as his creator.
12:30Bello is left with no choice but to explain to her that Cherno is the greatest failure
12:35as a fellow scientist.
12:37He says that Cherno was forged in his image.
12:40He admits his mistakes, thinking that Cherno would assist him like the Sputniks do.
12:44He has given him feelings, but has failed in shaping those feelings.
12:48Bello and Cherno's falling out has led to the banishment of Cherno and has resulted
12:53in the events of the Intergalactic War 20 years back.
12:56Outside the planet Earth, Cherno prepares to fire his newly created wave-eaters from
13:01his ship.
13:02He reunites with Valya, instructing her to prevent the athletes from leaving the Earth
13:06as long as she can.
13:08The huge battle ensues immediately after Cherno sends a succession of wave-eaters to the surface
13:13of Earth.
13:15At the same time, Phan, Peli, along with the members of the Ceruseans and Amazonians, spread
13:20out in different positions outside the city in anticipation.
13:24They continuously kick at the incoming wave-eaters, tossing it towards each other to complete
13:29the five strikes.
13:30Outside, the ships of the Galactic Fleet set up a trap for Cherno and his ship through
13:35the supervision of Bello.
13:37Cherno, on the other hand, nullifies the trap and destroys the ship single-handedly, which
13:42is watched by Bello and Natasha in torment.
13:46Using the stadium's ship, they continue their pursuit on Cherno.
13:50In the midst of destroying the wave-eaters, the athletes begin to feel fatigue.
13:55Stan is on the verge of overheating while Phan is injured from being hit by the wave-eater.
14:00Despite that, they push forward.
14:03The impact of their swift strike causes some buildings to crash in some areas of the city.
14:08It is when Anton alarmingly gets up and witnesses what is happening.
14:12He talks earnestly to his Sputnik and fully establishes their connection.
14:17Anton later calls his Sputnik's name, Maugli, which finally awakens it.
14:22Anton heads out to assist Phan and Peli.
14:24He brings injured Phan to safety with the help of their fellow Earthlings.
14:29The residents of the city of Moscow find shelter against the falling debris, including Anton's
14:34mom and Vasily, who has developed a romantic relationship after hanging out together on
14:39several occasions.
14:41Up in the sky, two wave-eaters in a row rush towards Anton's direction.
14:46He manages to strike the first one, but fails to notice the second one which drags him towards
14:50the ground.
14:52He lands safely, but ends up in tattered clothes.
14:55His Sputnik, Maugli, senses the situation and instantly comes to his aid.
15:01They happily reconcile and link together, creating Anton's gear for combat.
15:06Anton is now able to communicate with the rest of the athletes, and with Maugli in battle
15:10mode, he begins to strike once again in full spirit.
15:15He successfully destroys each wave-eater with only one hit, impressing the rest of the athletes.
15:21On the other side, Bello decides to face Cherno head-on.
15:24He gives Natasha full control of the ship's stadium, ordering her to go back to Earth
15:29and save the others in case he does not make it back alive.
15:33Natasha agrees and teleports with Bello inside Cherno's ship, where they arrive to finally
15:38confront him.
15:39Bello later shows his true form while facing Cherno.
15:42They shortly catch up on the 20-year gap, and immediately after, their battle transpires.
15:49Cherno sneaks an attack towards Bello, but they quickly catch on.
15:52In response, Natasha teleports right in front of Cherno to kick him, but Valya interrupts
15:58her.
15:59Natasha evades Valya's attack and teleports away.
16:02However, Valya captures and stunts her instantly.
16:06Cherno aggressively charges at Bello, gloating that he has gotten much stronger than him
16:10despite being his creation.
16:13Meanwhile, Anton successfully teleports on the Earth's moon with Maugli, witnessing
16:18the moon's sorry state.
16:19Maugli's alarm activates, sensing danger nearby.
16:23They head towards the area straight away, while thinking of Natasha and Bello.
16:28In the ship, Bello angers Cherno after he attacks with balls of ice towards his protogenes.
16:34Cherno creates a large shield to protect his creation while Bello continuously attacks.
16:40Bello slips up a ball of ice right above the shield, where he directly hits Cherno.
16:45The ice spreads around Cherno, and it freezes his entire body.
16:49When Bello's constant attacks break the shield and almost freeze Cherno's entire
16:53creation of protogenes, Valya shapeshifts to Natasha's form and stunts him.
16:59Valya currently gains the upper hand, incapacitating both Bello and Natasha before she destroys
17:04the ice that has been trapping Cherno.
17:07Cherno breaks free and utilizes his elastic gear to strangle Bello.
17:12He says his parting words and is about to kill him, but Anton arrives in time.
17:17Anton takes Valya hostage against Cherno, making him release his hold on Bello.
17:22Cherno walks towards Anton's direction and challenges him, as if he can never kill Valya.
17:28He mentions that Valya has never been a perfect creation and stabs her in the abdomen himself.
17:33Cherno's blade lightly touches Anton's gear, and it pushes him forcefully on the
17:38lining of the ship, where he is trapped and unable to teleport.
17:42Bello barely manages to keep Cherno distracted by dropping a bead of ice in an attempt to
17:47neutralize the power of the ship.
17:50The evil Cherno proceeds to direct his makeshift spear towards Bello and kills him instantly.
17:56Anton takes the chance to connect with the ship itself through their shared cells.
18:00He meets the puppy-like creature and it wildly chases him.
18:04As Anton nears the exit, he decides to stop and directly faces the creature instead.
18:10The wild creature is taken aback, its limbs coming to a full stop in front of the Earthling.
18:15They both stare at each other for a moment, and Anton later protests vehemently at the
18:20creature for its threatening behavior.
18:22It roars at him in reply before it senses their connection.
18:26Pushing further, Anton calms the creature by lightly touching its head.
18:30Soon enough, he successfully establishes trust with the creature, enabling him to break free
18:35of the lining of the ship.
18:37Furthermore, the creature grows fond of Anton, which ultimately destroys its connection from
18:42Cherno.
18:43Cherno tries to resist and exclaims that he is the master, but the creature no longer
18:48listens to him.
18:49He is mercilessly ejected out of the ship and tossed onto a massive ball of hot gas
18:55where he melts to death.
18:56Natasha regains control of her body after being released from the trap.
19:01Anton teleports back to her and together they return to Earth.
19:05On Earth, the citizens have grown tired of hiding.
19:08They become determined to survive and gather to fight for humanity.
19:13Through Valya's lead, they go to position, ready to fight the wave-eaters coming their
19:17way, when all suddenly stop and stay in place after Cherno's defeat.
19:22Claiming their victory, the residents of the city of Moscow cheer out loud.
19:27After some time, the city is brought to better shape under the leadership of Natasha.
19:32The energy from the remaining wave-eaters has been harnessed to restore and improve
19:36the way of life on Earth.
19:38In her speech, she stresses that it is the time for Earthlings to live, not just arrive.
19:44It is broadcasted all over the planet, with everyone honoring Bello's sacrifice.
19:49The movie concludes with the team Earthlings reuniting after Natasha's speech along with
19:53Anton's mom, new stepdad Vasily, Mowgli, and the creature who he now calls Kid.