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Jupiter Ascending

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• Adventure
• Sci-fi

• 2014
• Lilly Wachowski
• 122 mins
• 12

Summary

Sci-fi adventure starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum in which a Chicago cleaner is whisked into space by a race of humanoids who believe she is intergalactic royalty.

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Review

A star rating of 2 out of 5.

Victoria Luxford

Matrix masterminds the Wachowskis follow 2012's Cloud Atlas with another ambitious sci-fi action epic. Mila Kunis stars as a down-on-her-luck human who discovers she is intergalactic royalty and, with the help of a genetically enhanced soldier (Channing Tatum), must attempt to prevent the Earth from being "harvested" by profit-obsessed alien aristocrat Eddie Redmayne. The action jumps from the streets of Chicago to far flung planets in breathtaking fashion, but while the Wachowskis have not lost their visual flair, the disorganised plot becomes increasingly hard to follow. With the underlying comments on wealth and corruption only lightly touched upon, the scope of the film does not allow for much character or story development, leaving Kunis and Tatum struggling to make the most of their roles, while Redmayne chews the scenery as the Voldemort-like baddie. Ultimately, Jupiter Ascending proves a diverting but quite empty experience. Fans hoping for shades of the film-makers' earlier work may find themselves lost in space.

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5.3/10

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Cast

rolenameJupiter JonesMila KunisCaine WiseChanning TatumStinger ApiniSean BeanBalem AbrasaxEddie RedmayneTitus AbrasaxDouglas BoothKalique AbrasaxTuppence MiddletonDiomika TsingNikki Amuka-BirdGemma ChatterjeeChristina ColeMaximilian JonesJames D'Arcy

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Crew

rolenameDirectorLilly WachowskiDirectorLana Wachowski

Details

Theatrical distributor

Warner Bros

Released on

2015-02-06

Languages

English | Russian

Guidance

Some violence, swearing.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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