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Title: Passengers (2016)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jennifer Lawrence | ... | Aurora Lane | |
| Chris Pratt | ... | Jim Preston | |
| Michael Sheen | ... | Arthur | |
| Laurence Fishburne | ... | Gus Mancuso | |
| Andy Garcia | ... | Captain Norris | |
| Vince Foster | ... | Executive Officer | |
| Kara Flowers | ... | Communications Officer | |
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Conor Brophy | ... | Crew Member |
| Julee Cerda | ... | Instructor (Hologram) | |
| Aurora Perrineau | ... | Best Friend | |
| Lauren Farmer | ... | Party Friend | |
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Emerald Mayne | ... | Party Friend |
| Kristin Brock | ... | Party Friend | |
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Tom Ferrari | ... | Party Friend |
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Quansae Rutledge | ... | Party Friend |
The spaceship, Starship Avalon, in its 120-year voyage to a distant colony planet known as the "Homestead Colony" and transporting 5,258 people has a malfunction in one of its sleep chambers. As a result one hibernation pod opens prematurely and the one person that awakes, Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) is stranded on the spaceship, still 90 years from his destination. Written by Eirini
I'm just going to list my takeaways from the movie in list format. Maybe it will be helpful to someone, maybe not.
Pros - The production is immaculate. The cinematography, set design, CGI, all of it is top notch, as expected from a movie starring two of the most popular current actors. - Although I'm not crazy about Jennifer Lawrence, and I only really like Chris Pratt as Starlord, I will go ahead and list them as a pro, since they did a good job with these characters. Michael Sheen is also welcome in any movie.
Cons - The science of the movie is a bit slinky at times, obviously to serve narrative motives. Other reviewers have detailed these inaccuracies, so I won't get into it, here. - The movie mostly leans toward a romantic drama vibe, and I personally think there should have been more of a sense of dread and danger throughout the movie, not just near the end. - Given the high profile status of the leads, the sex scenes are predictably tame and brief. Along with the lack of danger, the lack of eroticism is another way in which the movie plays it too safe. - The catharsis at the end that stems from the main moral dilemma (which I won't spoil) does not occur satisfactorily in my opinion. It didn't move me at all, and made it feel like it was never that important to begin with.
In summary, this is an entertaining, but light sci-fi romance. It feels like a 70's sci-thriller that has been thoroughly processed for a general audience. It makes a good rental, but I couldn't help but lament that it wasn't the riskier, edgier film that it wanted to be.