Review of Passengers (2016) by Thebomb — 11 Jan 2017

Passengers started off promising, well paced with a potentially good concept. Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence performed expectedly like we're used to them - with Pratt having his typical lost yet determined attitude and Lawrence the odd emotional breakdown every now and then (insert scream here).

CGI is state of the art, the scenery should've been expanded better. Though impressive, most of the locations within the futuristic spaceship seemed repetitive within Passengers two hour run-time. The movie is easy prey for critics like YouTube's "CinemaSins", who are searching for plot holes.

They won't have to look far. For if people are truly as stupid and naive as it suggests in the film, we would have gone extinct long ago. What Morten Thylum failed to deliver in terms of logic, he unfortunately doesn't make up with the ending, which is rushed, uninspired and insultingly disappointing.

Despite it's potential and great CGI, Passengers will end up in the same drawer (which I would not recommend for you to let that far) Films like "The Island" (2005) and The Matrix 2 & 3 - a failed attempt in creating a realistic, thrilling futuristic experience.