Review of Passengers (2016) by Ian B — 08 Aug 2017

A captivating thriller for the first act, that slowly transitions into an awkward love story, and finally into a generic action film. True potential, wasted.

This review of Passengers (2016) was written by Ian B on 08 Aug 2017.

Passengers has generally received positive reviews.

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No clue how it got a 30% rating from critics. It's science fiction with 3 human and 1 robotic character, that's it. All 4 do a great job…

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By Terrence A (8) on 21 Dec 2018

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By Dane M (235) on 04 Dec 2018

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By Molly Templeton (111) for Eugene Weekly (OR) (121) on 26 Aug 2018

To say more would be spoiling it - though it's difficult to spoil something when it's already this rotten…

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