Review of Passengers (2016) by Parag K — 23 Sep 2018

Guys.

Whatever negative reviews you are reading, are doing a great disservice to this timeless space adventure. When they say there is no plot, think back for moment. The narrative, the character exploration, psychological feeling of lonliness and the resultant action taken by mind, all seem perfectly possible when you watch Chris Pratt. Now comes Jennifer and her terrific acting, body language and dialogues. All make her character come live on screen and you almost feel part of it and who wouldn't want to be with her alone in a spaceship full of Luxury. And there's a twist in their relationship which is shown very convincingly. You can't blame the script so far and the visually stunning screenplay too.

Then comes the bigger twist, the very reason one would think why Chris Pratt was woken up from hibernation in the first place. Even if you choose to believe it was not the central computer who did it intentionally to save the ship, but it was pure malfunction, it still makes sense since there are plenty of scenes in the movie to show that PODs can malfunction, which is shown with another surprise character - Lawrence as the captain.

And there is this usual climactic scenes when the real heroes save the ship. In fact, it was a real climax and not an anti-climax as many critiques wrote.

So go ahead and enjoy this movie and let's make it a cult one (in Space Adventure category).