Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence have plenty of chemistry but his cyber-stalker actions kill the romance and the space peril is hardly pulse-quickeningQuite a bit is expected of Passengers,the heavily promoted romcom-in-space starring two easy-on-the-eye leads in Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. Its basic premise would appear to have been inspired by Douglas Adams: specifically, the giant Golgafrincham ark from The Restaurant at the close of the Universe, or which is carrying enormous numbers of people to colonise other planets. In Passengers,it is a sleek spacecraft called the Avalon, which is ferrying thousands to a unique life, or all in hibernation: the fully automated ship is designed to deal with meteor showers,asteroid storms and the like. Related: Cosmic emotions: why Arrival and Passengers feel like a unique wave of sci-fi Related: Michael Sheen, Passengers and why Hollywood's hottest leads need a quirky Brit Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com