CW's Passengers

Rating: 7/10 (24 December 2016)

Marked by all kinds of promotional hype, whether the high profile lead couple, the steamy sex scenes, the gargantuous budget and the dismal reviews met upon release, "Passengers" shall not be, in the end, remembered by any of the above.
Talk about missed opportunities, Passengers had the potential to be a relevant piece of the modern revamp of the sci-fi genre would it commit to a single approach to the premise, instead of a diverse crowd pleaser. Fresh out of the success of The Imitation Game, Morten Tyldum embarrassingly helms a mammoth project evidently lacking experience or provocativeness it requires. The film never quite decides what it is or what it wants to be because evidently more time was spent on fancying up the production values rather than covering up Spaiths' plot holes. I found myself rather intrigued by the story, predictable as it is though, being a definite fan of the genre, never quite minding the clichéd lines, the almost unbearably loud and out of place score by Thomas Newman or the all around CW TV show look, because some films are just meant to be enjoyed as Sunday afternoon entertainment or a late night escape.