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Passengers 2016 7+ out of 10

Passengers is about a space flight to a distant planet that will take 120 years. Something goes wrong and Jim Preston wakes up 90 years too early.

It is basically a last man on earth movie abroad a spaceship. Jim Preston (played by Chris Pratt )--can't get his hibernation chamber to work again to go back to sleep. He is basically doomed to live the rest of his life alone and die before the ship reaches it's destination. The first part of the film plays out like a more subtle version of the TV show Last Man on Earth. Jim comes to terms with his dilemma and tries to make the best of it. Swimming in the pool and doing a space walk and at least he has the cool bartender robot to hang out with. But after a year alone Jim is all bearded and has gone a little crazy. He nearly kills himself as a result of his loneliness -and then sits down with the bartender in a scene that reminded me of Jack Nicholson hanging out with the ghost bartender in The Shining.

Of course the smart thing to do would be to try and find someone on board the ship to wake up that could help him get back to sleep--but instead he has fallen in love with a girl named Aurora Lane (played by Jennifer Lawrence) and decides against his better judgment to wake her up instead. What lonely guy on a spaceship --wouldn't want to be alone with Jennifer Lawrence? She like him at first searches for answers and then of course they eventually start to accept their fate and begin to fall for each other. Then of course his secret about waking her up is revealed and let's just say things between them go a little sour. (Queue the third act)

The ship takes on more damage and Laurence Fishbourne wakes up from a malfunction in his chamber. His character Gus is a part of the crew. They all team up and fight to save the ship as the ship is slowly tearing itself apart from major damage. You will have to watch the movie yourself to see how that turns out.

A movie like this relies on the main two characters to have great chemistry. Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence have just that on screen together and basically make what could be boring scenes to some people interesting. It is a simple sci-fi movie that I believe was well written and decently paced. The story was good. The acting was good and the visuals were excellent. It was an enjoyable movie that I think got more bad reviews than it deserved. I think maybe the expectations of what the film was going to be may have contributed to that. I enjoyed it for what it was and give it a 7+ out of 10.