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Voyagers entwined bodies, sci-fi lighting I mistakenly believed it to be a rerelease of
Passengers, the 2016 space romance starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt. That picture, in which interstellar travelers commit ethical offenses before falling into the sack, considered whether loneliness permits the knowing destruction of someone else’s suspended-animation chamber.
Voyagers, despite more similarities than an unrelated film should decently possess, is not, in fact, the same movie. If such a thing is possible, it is even less convincing, insightful, and nuanced.
Written and directed by Neil Burger (
The Illusionist,
Divergent),
Voyagers treads familiar ground in its plot-commencing exposition. Earth, a globally warmed husk of its former self, can no longer support life on a large scale. Fearing human extinction, scientists prepare for a scouting mission to a planet that appears to contain oxygen and water. The twist? Humanity’s new home is
Voyage to boredom
By Andrew McManus - Movie Review
As I spoke last week, we had two options with The Unholy and Voyagers. Obviously, The Unholy was a dud. (Even though my counterpart Abby says 3 stars.) I decided to go with the other choice this week, as we didn’t have any other new releases. (Next week is MORTAL KOMBAT!!!) Would this film beat last week’s rating?
I have always been a Colin Farrell fan and he usually elevates subpar plots. Watch In Bruges if you haven’t already. The other male lead Tye Sheridan has really excelled in the roles he takes as well (Most recently as a young Cyclops in the “new” X-men trilogy.) However, from the trailers, we’ve seen it reminded me of another sci-fi film called Passengers starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt that was VERY forgettable. We will see.
Voyagers Review: A Gen Z Lord of the Flies in Space
Voyagers Review: A Gen Z Lord of the Flies in Space
A young crew breaks down into factions on a journey to a distant planet in Voyagers, starring Lily-Rose Depp, Tye Sheridan and Colin Farrell.
Voyagers takes an initially intriguing sci-fi premise down a predictable path with no surprises. What begins as a thoughtful exploration of human nature devolves into Generation Z s
Lord of the Flies in space. While most of the primary characters are one-note with little depth, a solid lead performance from
Tye Sheridan adds the needed gravitas to stave off absurdity. His ability to bring a realistic demeanor to fantastical situations serves the film well; but not enough to overcome several glaring plot holes and an obvious final act.
Young adults discover sex in space in âAliens-meets-reality-TVâ trip
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With its cast of photogenic up-and-comers, Neil Burgerâs
Voyagers â misleadingly rated MA in Australia â is a film much more geared to a young teenage audience than to grown-up science fiction fans.
Still, this curious but engaging parable has its own speculative side, grounded mostly in the soft sciences: sociology, for instance, with a hint of the nature-or-nurture debate.
The voyage in question is to outer space, and Burger makes no effort to hide his debt to classics like Alien and 2001.
âSexyâ new movie is anything but With a movie poster that suggests itâs a sexy thriller with hot young stars is anything but what itâs selling.
Movies by Wenlei Ma Attractive young people madly running down sterilised hallways. That s it. That s the movie. OK, that s a bit facetious because there is more going on in
Voyagers, but there is a hell of a lot of running down hallways over the movie s 108-minute running time. Generously described as
Lord of the Flies in space ,
Voyagers is ostensibly an exploration of what happens when you trap 30 bright young things in a tin can on an 86-year mission to colonise a new planet.