![]() The special effects also deserve a mention with the spacewalk scenes being very good. ![]() It also begs the ethical question: “What would you do in Preston’s position?” It’s not a classic sci-fi film in the sense of Moon, nor does it have the action of Aliens or the sense of dread of The Thing, but its watchable, despite being a tad slow. The crew on the Lufthansa flight that almost dropped 4,000 feet in severe turbulence asked passengers to delete photos and videos of the incident, according to a report. While not popular with all the critics, it has been well received by quite a few movie goers. Verdict: We’ve touched on some of the problems with this film, but it’s still an enjoyable movie. It’s then up to Preston and Aurora to save the day before making up. They discover something wrong with the spaceship as Gus falls ill and passes away. The movie heads to its climax with Gus (Laurence Fishburne), a member of the crew, also coming out of hibernation prematurely (like Preston due to a malfunction). She’s not happy – to say the least – and the “romance” sours. They fall in love, and then inevitably Aurora finds out her hibernation pod was tampered with by Preston. It got a mixed reception – not least because Aurora is now in exactly the same predicament as Preston, but not due to a malfunction. The second third of the film, after Preston weighs the rights and wrong of waking up Aurora and eventually gives in, is the “romantic” part. As he explores the ship, he comes across Aurora Lane (Lawrence) asleep in her pod. His sole companion is the android bartender named Arthur – played by Michael Sheen – a nice nod to the way technology and machines will take on different jobs and tasks in the future and how the jobs of tomorrow will be dramatically different. This early third of the film – spoiler alerts from this point on – is very much in a similar vein to Robinson Crusoe or Castaway, et al, as it sees Preston struggling with loneliness being the only person awake. Engineer Jim Preston (Pratt), however, is awakened some 90 years early after the ship develops a malfunction and is damaged in an asteroid belt. ![]() Plot: It’s the future and over 5000 passengers, plus crew, are on the starship Avalon deep in hibernation on a 120 year journey to Homestead II, where they will become the first settlers.
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