Review of Jupiter Ascending (2015) by Thegodfatherson — 06 Feb 2015

Jupiter's Ascending is a movie that is lush and gorgeous, but fails on it's story potential. The movie kicks off with Jupiter Jones, played by Mila Kunis in a stunning role, who washes toilets for a living, when she finds out that she is a heiress on another planet, a place her cousins are killing each other to take.

And then we get introduced to the most cliched cousin/villain of all time, Balem Abrasax, played by Eddie Redmayne. But, Balem wants Jupiter dead, so he hires minions to kill her, however, Jupiter's bodyguard- Caine, played by Channing Tatum, who is half wolf and half human, won't let that happen.

This is the kind of stuff JA lacks. The story is mind boggling, it's like putting Enemy and The Matrix together. The Wachowaskis, direct with passion, you can see that they have taken their movies to a whole new level.

And that shows, because this movie looked MIND BLOWING. Jupiter's Ascending is a major technical feast, that has some good acting and satisfying action sequences, but all that could have been better, if they could have found a well story to put them in.