Review of Jupiter Ascending (2015) by Matt Neal for The Standard — 19 Feb 2015

Baffling... (but) a cult classic in waiting.

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This review of Jupiter Ascending (2015) was written by Matt Neal and published by The Standard on 19 Feb 2015.

Jupiter Ascending has generally received mixed reviews.

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If you need to care even a little about the characters or stakes in order to have fun watching a movie, then you're in for a disappointment here…

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I wanted to like this movie. I really did. It just kind of feels like a watered down, first draft of the first Matrix movie…

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I loved the part with the space bureaucracy, it reminded me of The Phantom Menace…

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