Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt , two of the most popular
A-list hollywood stars around at the moment, some romance, great CGI, and chuck
some 3D effects in there, you’ve got a box office money maker. I guess that was what was going through the mind
of the producers when they decided to produce ‘Passengers’. With the absence of any real decent major
Hollywood films in 2016, passengers was Hollywoods last gasp to make something
of 2016. With harsh reviews from major newspapers and a measly 31% on Rotten
Tomatoes, you could say they failed.
Chris Pratt puts in an awesome performance, managing to act convincingly
as a type of castaway-esk stranded-in-space near suicidal space caveman in the
first half of the film. Probably the most interesting and captivating part of
the film was Jim’s (Chris Pratt) struggle wih loneliness and the choice whether
to wake up Aurora (Jennifer Lawrence). When he finally does choose to wake her
up (come on, not a spoiler, obvious isn’t it!), you find yourself involuntarily
on the edge of your seat trying not to scream, don’t DO IT! And its horrifying..
Unfortunately its from this point the film goes down hill.
Not to reveal spoilers, basically despite the interesting relationship dynamic
between Jim and Aurora, there is a very predictable sequence of impending doom
with a very predictable they save the day type rhetoric. (see no spoilers)
I mean, who doesn’t love a film where the hero saves the
day. You leave the cinema feeling or fuzzy and warm. But they win Every.
Single. Time. In. Every. Single. Film.
Maybe its time the bad guys win?
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