Rushed, Lack of Substance

Rating: 5/10 (30 January 2017)

Passengers is okay - but be aware that it is at least 50% a kind of romance/drama and not sci-fi. Also I got the impression that everything is kinda rushed or just superficially touched (he gets lost in space, Lawrence jumps into suit and within 2 mins he is back on board, than he's dead, and 1 min later he's alive again etc. pp.) and of course you get a lot of Hollywood pathos etc.
First of all my main problem is the story itself - common guys, our hero is an engineer who can repair the main reactor (alone!) but after waking up he never really wonders or ask himself why his pod failed, why all the malfunctions are occurring and progressing!? Well, with that amount of time at hand and not much to do (besides dancing and basketball) he showed a tremendous lack of interest into technical stuff - at least for an engineer... Also why not wake - maybe a nice female ;) - a member of the crew to open the door to the ship- bridge!? And did he really tried to open that pressure door with a hammer and a small welding machine!? And an engineer who makes a call for help but he doesn't know that his message will take years to reach earth and years to get the answer back!? Or why there is no main-control- system to talk to!? And on this ship all systems are on although there is some serious and progressing issue with the main generator-system!? Questions raised, but no answers - with this kind of design imo this space-travel is a suicid-mission...
So what's left to say!? ofc Lawrence, Pratt, Sheen (Sheens performance as droid-bartender is imo the highlight of the movie and maybe a reference to Kubrick's Shining!?) and Fishburne can play, and the cgi etc. is pro, and the scenario of Passengers had potential but failed to deliver to be great - movies like Sunshine or the classic Silent Running beat Passengers easy. But for a date it may be just the right choice.