One of the best sci-fi movies of the 2020s is on TV tonight

The sci-fi currently holds a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

The 2022 flick is set after the collapse of the Earth's ecosystem. The story follows the title character, a 13-year-old girl (Raffiella Chapman), as she uses her survival skills to support her and her ailing father (Richard Brake, Barbarian) in a strange and dangerous new world.

"Vesper soon discovers that her brutal neighbour, Jonas (Eddie Marsan, No Ordinary Heist), is searching for Camellia, who is harbouring a secret that could change all of their lives forever.

"Forced into a dangerous adventure, Vesper must rely on her wits and bio-hacking abilities to unlock the key to an alternate future."

Made on a reported budget of just €5 million, Vesper's co-directors, Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper, still manage to conjure an impressively expansive and haunting vision of a decaying Earth that is barely being kept alive by technology.

This is thanks to their use of gorgeous forest locations and well-deployed special effects.

The movie also boasts an easy-to-root-for protagonist and an imaginative screenplay filled with fascinating details that help further build out the movie's world, while putting its lead character in peril time and time again.

Holding a 91% score on Rotten Tomatoes, Vesper is airing on TV tonight on Film4 at 11.50pm. The film is also available to rent on Apple TV, Google Play, MovieMe, Rakuten TV and the Sky Store.

Here are the other movies on TV tonight:

Independence Day - Film4 - 9pm

It's Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum and Will Smith versus killer aliens in the phenomenally entertaining '90s sci-fi.

Fast & Furious 6 - Sky One - 9pm

One of the best entries in the vehicular action franchise.

Rocky III - ITV4 - 9pm

Rocky Balboa fights Mr T. and Hulk Hogan in this hit boxing sequel.

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - Comedy Central - 9pm

“Groovy, baby!”

Zero Dark Thirty - Legend - 9pm

Director Kathryn Bigelow's Oscar-winning, haunting recount of the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden.

Yesterday - BBC One - 10.55pm

Director Danny Boyle's rom-com asks: What if The Beatles were scrubbed from existence, but an ordinary struggling singer today (Himesh Patel) still remembered their songs?

Red Sun - Legend Xtra - 11pm

The star-studded Spaghetti Western we highlighted a few weeks ago.