Problematic

Rating: 4/10 (27 November 2018)

PASSENGERS is an oddball, problematic wannabe sci-fi epic that fails to convince on many levels. Chris Pratt once against plays a slightly smug, unlikeable protagonist (similar to his one in JURASSIC WORLD) who finds himself alone on a huge spaceship in the middle of nowhere for the next 90 years. Problems arise when he decides to wake up a fellow passenger, as played by Jennifer Lawrence. The issue is that he essentially signs her death sentence by doing so. So you have a film where a guy in essence murders a woman, who proceeds to fall in love with him. Please! It's as cheesy as it sounds, and some half-hearted outer-space peril feels like leftovers from GRAVITY rather than anything interesting. The best thing in the film is Laurence Fishburne and he has way too little screen time to make this any good.