An enjoyable yet underwhelming and predictable adventure through space

Rating: 6/10 (28 December 2016)

The movie Passengers asks audiences what would happen if somebody sleeping in a sleeping chamber for 120 years woke up 90 years too soon, leaving them in total isolation. This film stars Chris Pratt, a man best known for such roles as Andy on Parks and Recreation and Starlord in Guardians of the Galaxy, who typically uses comedic interventions to capture audiences' undivided attention. Passengers is no exception to this trend. The movie, although meant to be a sci-fi thriller, is carried by Pratt's comedic interventions strewn throughout, rather than the thriller that was intended to be used to grasp audiences' attention. Pratt plays a man named James (he is called Jim) who is left in isolation after waking up 90 years too soon while traveling aboard the starship Avalon. Like any normal human being, James does not take this very well. He gets so lonely that he feels the need to wake someone else up early, which is considered murder because neither of them would be able to survive 90 years given their current ages. By using this hint given at the beginning of the movie, you can pretty much predict the ending: James, along with the woman that he wakes up named Aurora, both indeed die. Hence, the movie probably would've been better given a better script, and also if they took out Lawrence's character completely.