Passengers

Plot synopsis:
The starship Avalon is transporting 5,000 colonists and 258 crew members, in hibernation pods, to the planet Homestead II, a journey taking 120 years. Thirty years into its journey, the ship passes through a meteor storm, which causes a malfunction. The malfunction awakens one passenger, mechanical engineer Jim Preston (Chris Pratt), 90 years early.
After a year of isolation, with no company except Arthur (Michael Sheen), an android bartender, Jim grows despondent and contemplates suicide. One day, he notices Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence) in her pod. Her video profile reveals she is a writer with a humorous personality. After struggling with the morality of manually reviving Aurora for companionship, he awakens her, claiming her pod also must have malfunctioned. Jim makes Arthur promise not to tell Aurora why she really woke up. Aurora is devastated that she will grow old and die before the ship reaches Homestead II. Her research for a way to re-enter hibernation is fruitless. Eventually, she accepts her situation and begins writing a book about her experiences. Jim and Aurora grow closer.
After another year, Arthur inadvertently reveals the truth to Aurora after misinterpreting Jim's affirmation that he and Aurora have "no secrets" between them. Aurora, angry and distraught, alternately berates, shuns, and physically attacks Jim. Jim attempts to apologize, but is fiercely rejected. The two refrain from contact for some time. Soon after, another pod failure awakens Gus (Laurence Fishburne), Chief Deck Officer. The three discover multiple failures throughout the ship's systems. If not repaired, the ship will continue to suffer critical system failures. Gus attempts repairs with Jim and Aurora's help, while Aurora still blames Jim for stealing her life. Gus's body, physically damaged by his malfunctioning pod, begins to fail; the Autodoc, an automated medical diagnostics and treatment pod, shows he has only hours to live. Before dying, Gus gives Jim and Aurora his ID badge to access secure areas and repair the ship.
Jim and Aurora discover a series of holes through the ship's hull from the meteor collision two years earlier. The computer module administering the fusion reactor that powers the ship has been damaged, causing the ship's malfunctions. Jim and Aurora replace the damaged module. The computer attempts to vent the reactor but fails. Jim realizes that the reactor must be vented by opening the vent hatch from the ship's exterior. Aurora assists while admitting she is terrified of losing Jim and being left alone. Aurora, from inside the ship, and Jim, outside, vent the reactor. Jim's tether snaps and his damaged spacesuit loses oxygen; Aurora retrieves and resuscitates Jim in the Autodoc. Jim later learns that the Autodoc can function as a makeshift hibernation pod for Aurora. With only one Autodoc, she realizes she would never see Jim again. She forgives Jim, sympathizes with his potentially lonely situation and decides to remain awake with him to provide him company.
Eighty-eight years later, the ship's crew awaken shortly before arrival on Homestead II. They discover a small house amid lush vegetation on the ship's grand concourse area. Aurora's book reveals that she chose to stay awake with Jim and finish writing her story.

Tags: suspenseful, psychological, boring, plot twist, flashback

Review:
I thoroughly enjoyed Passengers, its moving (and rather sad) story, strong emotional impact, beautiful photography and convincing performances, especially when it comes to the part of Hathaway.
Some minor flaws (slow pace at times and a number of questions left unanswered) can be easily forgiven.But I made a terrible mistake to read the IMDb comments before watching this film.
Even if those reviews are mostly accurate and do not expressly reveal the truth behind the mysterious events on the screen, the suggested references to other movies that may (or may not) be inspirational for the creators have significantly diminished effect of the surprise ending.I can easily name at least half a dozen of titles dealing with similar subject matter, but it may be difficult to guess what is actually going on until the punchline, unless you are "tuned to a specific station" from the very beginning and know what to expect.Do yourself a favor - watch the film with an unbiased attitude, read the comments afterwards..
I don't want to give any of the movie away, so I'd like to describe what might make it more likely that you'd enjoy it.Passengers concentrates on character development and primarily on Claire Summer (Anne Hathaway), a therapist who suspects she's discovered a cover-up while treating the survivors of an airplane crash, but also deals with her awakening to the reality that she's sacrificed too much personal life for her career.
Claire Summers (Anne Hathaway) is a young therapist assigned by her mentor Perry (Andre Braugher) to counsel the five survivors of a horrendous plane crash with 109 on board.
I'd like to start off by saying I began watching this movie with a little suspicion, because I checked the ratings here and they weren't really high.Well, my suspicion wasn't necessary.
Just not in a corny way, this is more of a mix between real-life personalities, suspension, and a big plot-twist at the end kind of like Hitchcock did back in the days.
You can't say that the acting wasn't good, therefore I feel sorry that it hasn't been properly promoted because it would have had some potential to getting to be a popular movie.Conclusion: Like I said in the beginning, it's good, just not a masterpiece.
Discovering one more way of looking at life.I was mainly attracted to the movie because I like Anne Hathaway's acting.What I didn't know was that I was about to embark on such an interesting journey that was so hard to describe.The premise is so simple.
The chemistry between the two leads is palpable...that is as much a product of the director as it is for the actors.Let's not forget Edward Shearmur's engaging score, Igor Jadue-Lillo's beautiful cinematography, Thom Noble's fine editing and last but not least Ronnie Christiensen's wonderful script.The ending came to me as a shock similar to the end of Sophie's Choice...and then the well of tears came forth as an unexplainable phenomena of the human soul.Really, it was such a perfect movie.Kudos all around..
A film where only cast makes the difference, in fact without the skills of Patrick Wilson and Anne Hathaway "Passengers" would have just been a melodramatic mess.
"Passengers" is not a movie I would strongly recommend but the shocking finale and some good acting performances make a decent (barely decent actually) choice for an evening rental..
saw this movie last night and as a big horror fan thought i was in for a typical Hollywood rubber monster from the future film, especially as its got ann Hathaway in and she tends to be steering away from the Disney cutesy family films i thought this would just be that difficult transition picture, never have i been so gladly disappointed, this is a film that should never have been given a horror sun genre.it has a supernatural element to it granted....
what follows is probably the most beautiful and moving film that unfolds like nothing I've ever experienced,it throws you so many curves..the film fans amongst you all will work out quite easily and quickly where the plot is leading you, but i think we are supposed to find out gradually during the story's unfolding and not have it revealed as a shock ending, this enables the viewer to truly experience the unbelievable emotions that the characters are now finding themselves experiencing.
I really regret the time I spent watching this movie.I'm actually a very forgiving viewer, willing to accept a movie on its own terms; and I like Ann Hathaway and David Morse a lot, other things being equal.
But she uses it to her advantage here, as her struggling grief councilor character uses her charm to disarm, and is getting used to all the unwanted male attention courtesy of patient Eric (Patrick Wilson), who is one amongst the group of an airplane crash survivors that she's tasked to work with.
I only felt that the revelation could have been less clumsy and made clearer, given the many bewildered responses heard all around the cinema hall.Passengers is one of those films that you don't expect to see on a plane's inflight entertainment system, together with the likes of Flightplan and the first Final Destination.
i liked this movie a lot.i wasn't bored by it at all.i found it very compelling and interesting.i liked the story and the characters.i got involved with what was happening on screen and just allowed it to carry me along.i thought the acting was good.Anne Hathaway was particularly impressive in my opinion,even more so because i am definitely not a fan of hers.although i may check out some of her work after this.Patrick Wilson was good as well.another big part of what makes this film work though would have to be the haunting score,by Edward Shearmur,which is just brilliant.the 'twist' ending(and i shudder to call it that,in this case,because i think it cheapens and even lessens it)is subtle,and not something i expected.but it makes sense.this is one film that really moved me.i found it quite profound.a lot of people won't agree.for whatever reason,it resonated with me.for me,Passengers is a 9/10.
The slow pace took over the film in a meaningless way until the very last scenes where things started to reveal themselves very fast and still ended in a way that doesn't satisfy your curiosity after all that long time to know what was really happening.
The film seems to plod along at a half pace the whole way through, much like the first 10 minutes after the initial shock of a proper horror movie would go, and I found myself wondering throughout when the big finale was going to happen.
Nothing comes, though the flashback to the scene with the plane crash itself was at least a little moving; the only nicely done part of the film.In conclusion, it is watchable, but only for the overly sentimental, over-70s age group, immune to soppy poorly-acted romances.
Why such a talented cast, which includes rising stars Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson, would waste their time with such an obviously terrible film is a better mystery than the one this movie tried to conjure up.By far the biggest problem with this movie is the premise.
Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense, and James Wong's Final Destination (or even merely know what all of those movies are about), then you already know 95% of the plot of Passengers, including how it ends.
In other words, you have likely already seen most of what this movie has to offer, and you've seen it done far better.In terms of how well the actors performed, Patrick Wilson did the best job.
Plus, the "twist," when thought about, is completely absurd and makes no sense.Among the few bright spots of the film are the soundtrack (which does capture the mood the movie tries to present rather well) and the cinematography, which recalls the slow-simmering, ever-present gloominess of Gore Verbinski's The Ring.Overall though, this movie has all the makings of a direct-to-video stinker that likely only received the perfunctory theatrical release that it did due to the fact that it came from the same studio that had released the critically-acclaimed Rachel Getting Married merely weeks earlier, which, like this film, starred Anne Hathaway..
Since there was no publicity for this film, my expectations for it were pretty low.A film where only cast makes the difference, in fact without the skills of Patrick Wilson and Anne Hathaway "Passengers" would have just been a melodramatic mess.
You'll know if you watch it.Anne Hathaway is Claire, a counselor who is assigned by her boss (Andre Braugher) to help survivors of a plane crash.
She begins to suspect a conspiracy - he is too interested in peoples' accounts of the crash, which differ from the party line, and she thinks he may have something to do with the passengers disappearing.This is a slow film, but stay with it.
Anne Hathaway gives a lovely performance as Claire, and Patrick Wilson is effective and likable as Eric, resembling a young Paul Newman.I admit I shed some tears.
With all being said, it must be admitted that I was actually convincingly blown away by the emotional/shock impact in the final third of the flick, which in the process making the film better than it should be.The movie goes like this: Anne Hathaway is a therapist who is nurturing a group of survivors of a plane crash and in the process hooked up and developed an attraction with one of the survivors, played by Patrick Wilson.
For films within the genre it is in, plot holes and flaws are undeniably, but putting them aside, the way the film ended is certainly more convincing than not.Anne Hathaway performs as expected in a role that requires minimal depth.
My expectations for this film was not so high when i checked the ratings, however i enjoyed watching the movie ,its was good and better then the crap films of those days
Co-star Patrick Wilson--who I was unfamiliar with--is fun to watch as a quirky crash survivor who challenges Claire, making her examine herself.It is difficult to tell if some holes in the story are really just red herrings, but either way it is fun to unravel its mystery..
Decent movie, good cast made better by the twist ending.
The story idea isn't completely original, -but I can't really say where I've seen it before without giving away the twist-.Its kind of mystery/suspense/romance, following Anne Hathaway as a grief counsellor who deals with plane crash survivors.
Nice charisma between the leads Hathaway and Patrick Wilson, I also enjoyed David Morse and Andre Braugher.What I like about movies with these kinds of twists is that it makes you go back and re-examine the entire film, and the parts that either didn't make sense or were strange are suddenly a bit brilliant.
Directed by Rodrigo García, it has a script by Ronnie Christensen and the participation of Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson and David Morse.This film is not a horror movie.
Its a film that easily appeals to the public, and that will only disappoint those looking for horror.The actors were very good, but the focus is mainly for Hathaway and Morse, two extraordinary artists who have made a huge performance in the film and gave their characters an absolutely convincing and believable drama.
With all my heart and soul...Like I said, maybe the idea for the story was pretty good; I was genuinely intrigued by the premise and there appear to be people in the movie that normally seem to be good actors, but for me personally, I could feel the nerve endings in my body singing shrilly in the utmost pain as I tried to watch this film.I RARELY ever take the time to write negative reviews; if you check mine, you will see that probably over 95% of the time I am writing at least somewhat of a positive review, usually to try to point out the good things in films where many others have P|$$ed all over them.
The story centers around Claire (Anne Hathaway) and Eric (Patrick Wilson), who meet after a plane crash.
The cast is decent, and I dare say they received a proper direction by the talented Rodrigo Garcia ("Albert Nobbs") but just the acting alone can't make a movie good or watchable."Passengers" premise is quite good but the more you watch, the more you already know the answers and it's not something you'd like to endure for too long.
First of all let's clear one thing...this is not in any way a horror movie...This is in best way mystery,drama and a little romance all blended in together.Now about the movie...first the acting.Anne Hathaway carries this movie with a little help of Patrick Wilson.They are great together and they have a good chemistry.The rest of the cast is solid,but nothing more than that ( since the Hathaway and Wilson are 2 central figures of this movie ).I must say that I was pretty bored with this movie and I wonder why have I watched.It must have been mainly because of cast,and although I have seen some of the negative reviews on IMDb,I decided to watch it anyway...This movie is really boring and the big twist at the end of the movie doesn't have any impact or shock value like the director probably intended...If you've watched more than ten movies in your life,or if you have watched,for example sixth sense,or similar movies,you will see this from mile away...So in any case this movie probably wouldn't be seen by many people if not for its strong cast...and this movie has one really,really big and essential problem...ITS LACK OF ORIGINALITY...four out of ten just for good performances....
First of all let's clear one thing...this is not in any way a horror movie...This is in best way mystery,drama and a little romance all blended in together.Now about the movie...first the acting.Anne Hathaway carries this movie with a little help of Patrick Wilson.They are great together and they have a good chemistry.The rest of the cast is solid,but nothing more than that ( since the Hathaway and Wilson are 2 central figures of this movie ).I must say that I was pretty bored with this movie and I wonder why have I watched.It must have been mainly because of cast,and although I have seen some of the negative reviews on IMDb,I decided to watch it anyway...This movie is really boring and the big twist at the end of the movie doesn't have any impact or shock value like the director probably intended...If you've watched more than ten movies in your life,or if you have watched,for example sixth sense,or similar movies,you will see this from mile away...So in any case this movie probably wouldn't be seen by many people if not for its strong cast...and this movie has one really,really big and essential problem...ITS LACK OF ORIGINALITY...four out of ten just for good performances....
Like that movie, this one has a certain surprise ending, that gives one an erie feeling of sadness because things are worse than they seem.In my opinion if a film goes where this one goes, it needs to make a more meaningful statement about life, instead of leaving us with the erie feeling that sometimes things are not as good as they seem.I agree with the reviewers who state this is not a horror movie.
The ending makes little sense; this writer can't even come close to the Sixth Sense.This has to be one of Anne Hathaway's worst films.
On the surface PASSENGERS is the story about airplane crash following which the airline hires a psychologist Dr Claire Summers (Anne Hathaway) to hold group therapy sessions for those PTSD survivors.
PASSENGERS is not a great movie but it is a fairly good and well-acted suspense/romance drama.
Anne Hathaway gives a good performance as a grief counsellor to a group of plane crash survivors, and there is some good chemistry with the male lead, Patrick Wilson.
I mean come on->that's basically like giving Anne Hathaway a D on her acting report card and telling Patrick Wilson to go F himself.
There is no predictability and big plot holes at all.Although the end of the movie is very well done and surprising, it is much like "Sixth Sense"'s.
I have watched Passengers several times and have found different clues to the storyline on each occasion.Watching this for the first time left me with the feeling that I must have missed something but second time around the plot line became much clearer.Yes this is a drama laced with a touch of romance and the supernatural and I found it very thought provoking-the ending is as they say a definite shock to the system reminding me of the ending to Sixth Sense with Bruce Willis.The reason it holds together very solidly is the interaction between the two leads Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson who are believable in their individual roles.No-this is not meant to be an action packed saga with the usual car chases,shoot ups, and the like but a clever storyline to make us think and then go beyond this to question our position in life and how we interact with other people.I have given this 9 out of 10.So please watch this with an open mind and judge for yourself just what this film could mean to you from a personal standing.
While watching the movie,my first thought was "another Sixth Sense or one of its derivatives"...not that I deny Sixth Sense is a good movie in its own genre,but that should be left there as regards Passengers.Concentrating on the catastrophic and traumatic effects of an airplane crash on its few survivors, the movie initially seems to bear in itself illogical/unexplained relations among characters and events which, at first appear as a major flaw...however everything falls logically into place at the end paving way to a total surprise.Anne Hathaway's low-key acting is a bonus...A surprise after much overrated movies like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or Revolutionary Road.No masterpiece but an interesting thriller....