Jupiter Ascending

Cast: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean Bean(Stinger), Eddie Redmayne(Balem), Douglas Booth(Titus) and Tuppence Middleton(Kalique) 
Director: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure, Fantasy


Amidst all the serious movies and tons of biographies, this certainly comes as a refresher to those who like Hollywood Sci-Fi masala flicks :)


You may look forward to:

• Watch for nothing else but the visuals. The visuals and all the special effects were pretty catchy to the eyes. Unlike the cliche method of showcasing life on an alien planet to be based out of harsh environment and all possible dark creatures, this one comes with a bit of both, along with large scale grandeur and wealth and beauty
• Channing Tatum never looked as edible ever before ;) He every bit looks like a tall and muscular warrior, can even try for a demi god role in his next ;) His acting and action apart, all i did throughout the movie was to DRRRROOOOOOLLL at him! :)
• Mila Kunis doesn't have too much content in her role, but she is the one this movie is named after. While most of the time she is lost in figuring out what she is and where she is, she is omnipresent. She looks good and she does good :)
• Eddie Redmayne was surprise to me in this role. Him as 'Stephan Hawking' is still very much fresh on my mind. His stillness was creepy and intentions evil as 'Balem'. He made for a good antagonist :)
• Douglas Booth is young, a little too polished but a significant role as well. After all he was almost married to the owner of the Earth(Jupiter) :D
• Sean Bean is more or less a support, worth a mention

What you can sleep over:

Tuppence Middleton is wasted. She doesn't have much of any role, against the expectations, as she was also one of the key characters from the 'Abrasax' clan. In fact, she just disappeared in the second half of the movie.



The dampeners you should be aware of:

Coming from the Wachowskis family, Jupiter Ascending surely under delivers. It qualifies for nothing more than a time pass flick. Though it had all the potential to reap out complex sci-fi thriller, but things run just too fast, giving no time for build up nor make a place in your head on the technical aspects. Sad part of it being, that it is merely reduced to an action flick, surpassing all other aspects of it.




My Rating: 3/5