![]() ![]() “It’s murder!” Aurora exclaims, and while not technically correct, Jim’s act is just as selfish. Amore blooms, and awful truths unspool against the backdrop of Jim’s turpitude and director Morten Tyldum’s ( The Imitation Game) preoccupation with Lawrence’s lithe figure. Jim, desperate for companionship, rouses Aurora, blaming the same malfunction that woke him. His only quasi-human interaction is with an affable android barkeep named Arthur (Michael Sheen), apparently coming from tending bar at The Shining’s Overlook Hotel.Īs yearlong madness creeps in, Jim develops an obsession with Aurora Lane (Jennifer Lawrence), a sleeping beauty whose video profile reveals she’s a witty writer who looks like, well, Jennifer Lawrence. A mysterious malfunction causes Jim to awaken ninety years early unable to return to hibernation, he’s left to roam alone the mammoth vessel, a sort of cruise liner replete with futuristic amenities. The ship’s sylvan destination stands in contrast to Earth, which the film hints has been overburdened by population growth and excessive mechanization. Jim Preston (Chris Pratt) is one of more than five thousand people in cryogenic sleep aboard the Starship Avalon, on a 120-year voyage to colonize the distant outpost Homestead II. The film’s December release date suggests it once harbored awards-season aspirations. ![]() ![]() Exhibit 2001 for the proposition that a bad ending can ruin an otherwise good movie: Passengers, a glossy interstellar vehicle for some provocative moral entanglements that ultimately implodes from the pressure of its star-driven, crowd-pleasing mission. ![]()
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