Jupiter Ascending (2015)

A young woman discovers her destiny as an heiress of intergalactic nobility and must fight to protect the inhabitants of Earth from an ancient and destructive industry.

Directors:

Lana Wachowski (as The Wachowskis), Lilly Wachowski (as The Wachowskis)

Writers:

Lilly Wachowski (as The Wachowskis), Lana Wachowski (as The Wachowskis)

Stars:

Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Eddie Redmayne

2 wins & 14 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mila Kunis	...	Jupiter Jones
Channing Tatum	...	Caine Wise
Sean Bean	...	Stinger Apini
Eddie Redmayne	...	Balem Abrasax
Douglas Booth	...	Titus Abrasax
Tuppence Middleton	...	Kalique Abrasax
Nikki Amuka-Bird	...	Diomika Tsing
Christina Cole	...	Gemma Chatterjee
Nicholas A. Newman	...	Nesh
Ramon Tikaram	...	Phylo Percadium
Ariyon Bakare	...	Greeghan
Maria Doyle Kennedy	...	Aleksa
Frog Stone	...	Aunt Nino
David Ajala	...	Ibis
Doona Bae	...	Razo

Storyline

Jupiter Jones was born under a night sky, with signs predicting that she was destined for great things. Now grown, Jupiter dreams of the stars but wakes up to the cold reality of a job cleaning other people's houses and an endless run of bad breaks. Only when Caine Wise, a genetically engineered ex-military hunter, arrives on Earth to track her down does Jupiter begin to glimpse the fate that has been waiting for her all along - her genetic signature marks her as next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.

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Plot Keywords:

woman in bra and panties | box office flop | space opera | face slap | bees | 

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Taglines:

Expand your universe.

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence, sequences of sci-fi action, some suggestive content and partial nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Google+

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

6 February 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

El destino de Júpiter

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$176,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$18,372,372 (USA) (6 February 2015)

Gross:

$47,375,327 (USA) (1 May 2015)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures, Dune Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

127 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital Dolby Atmos Auro 11.1

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The crew created a rig of six cameras, called the Panocam, which was mounted on a helicopter and covered nearly 180 degrees of the action. During post production, the directors could combine the overlapped filmed footage, essentially creating a camera that could swing around the action independently of the helicopter's actual flying path.

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Goofs

Mila's iPhone 5 sometimes has the IOS 7/8 UI but sometimes has the IOS 6.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Jupiter Jones: Technically speaking, I'm an alien. And from the perspective of Immigration, an illegal one. My parents met at the University in Saint Petersburg, where he taught Astrophysics, and she taught Applied Mathematics. My mother fell in love with him when she found him almost frozen to death on the bank of the Neva, staring up at the stars.

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Crazy Credits

The opening logos for Warner Brothers Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures, and Rat-Pac Dune Entertainment are shown as solid gold with fancy engraving highlights.

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Connections

References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

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Soundtracks

U Kogo-to Budut Neptiyanosty
Written by Ethan Stoller

User Reviews

Unfairly criticized; worth a watch!

I saw Jupiter Ascending tonight (after a VERY long wait I might add). Sadly it is not in the vain of other Wachowski films in terms of thought- provoking subject matter; however, I feel this film is being very unfairly criticized.

No: the subject matter is not as deep or profound as in The Matrix, V for Vendetta, or the masterful Cloud Atlas. But it was never advertised to be that kind of film--it's a solid blockbuster movie (with plenty of room for sequels and/or prequels). I'd see it again!

If you're considering watching this film, but hesitate after reading the same scathing reviews that I came across, just consider what interests you about the movie: if you're looking a movie with a complex plot and lots of underlying messages, this might not be the best choice. It's a blockbuster film pure and simple. A good one! But a very typical blockbuster/action/romance movie.