Quartile rating: 7/10 · 1 rating
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
Passengers features genuinely stunning cinematography and production design — the spacecraft interiors and space visuals are polished and immersive, earning a high mark there. The acting from Pratt and Lawrence is competent and carries some charm, landing above average. However, the plot is undermined by a deeply troubling ethical core (the stalker-awakening premise) that the film largely sidesteps rather than confronts, resulting in a muddled and unsatisfying narrative. The ending feels convenient and unearned, failing to reckon with the moral weight of Jim's actions. Novelty is low — the setup has interesting potential but the execution retreats into familiar romance and action-thriller territory, wasting its sci-fi premise.