Worth a Watch

Rating: 7/10 (21 May 2020)

Passengers (2016) directed by Morten Tylom, written by Jon Spaihts is a very interesting concept. It looks at how space travel communication is limited and that in order to reach places there is a large amount of time that has to pass to reach far away places in space. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Prat as passengers on a spaceship where they are supposed to be asleep but they wake up. The film does a great job of showing the problems when doing deep space voyages. But the film's plot never really seemed to pick up and was very stagnant throughout the film. The acting was excellent but the execution of the plot was ok at best. There were stunning cinematic shots that showed space and the ship, this helped the film by adding an element of beauty in the harsh reality of space. The science and some of the action in the movie is nowhere near accurate but it worked in the film to have big moments and be considered a science fiction film. Overall, the film was good, interesting and worth a watch.