Jupiter Ascending
Plot summary:
Jupiter Jones was born to her
mother, Aleksa, after her father, Maximilian had been shot and killed at their
house, during a robbery. Jupiter, her mother, and her mother’s sister, all illegally
immigrated to the United States when she was still an infant, and now, she
cleans houses for a living. Wanting to acquire extra money so she couldbuy a
telescope – the same model that her father had before it was stolen in the home
robbery – Jupiter goes to sell her eggs, but is attacked by aliens known as The Keepers that had shape-shifted into
humans. However, she is saved by another alien known as Caine Wise, who later
explains to her that he had been hired by one of the three heirs to an intergalactic
family of nobility – The Abrasax Family.
Caine also explains that he is a human-wolf hybrid: A Lycantant. And as their journey of being on the run from The Keepers
and other bounty hunters continues, Jones and Wise encounter the three heirs,
and learns of her destiny and inheritance, subsequently uncovering their treacherous
schemes.
Review:
Coming to the story itself,
although interesting, I feel like its missing something. We see Jupiter Jones,
played by Mila Kunis, being lied to or manipulated by the heirs of the Abrasax
family – First lied to by Kalique(Tuppence Middleton), then manipulted by
Titus(Douglas Booth), and then again manipulated by Balem(Eddie Redmayne). I
just find it a little repetitive that Jupiter ends up being the damsel-in-distress
again and again, to be rescued by Caine(Channing Tatum), again and again. This
factor tends to be masked, though, considering the astonishing visual effects,
combined with the spectacular music that is delivered in the action scenes, be
it chase sequences, shootouts, or physical combat. The dialogues were good –
interesting.
Considering the acting, I think
Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum did well in their respective roles. You have
Jupiter Jones, who’s struggling to comprehend the new world she’s dragged into,
and Caine Wise, the former Legionaire
whose new objective is to protect Jupiter, who he has grown fond of, but is in
denial of his feelings. Middleton, Booth, and Redmayne did pretty well, too, in
my opinion. And Redmayne’s speech gave a similarity to that of Voldermort, but
with a nose. And Sean Bean didn’t die this time – Yay! And to wrap this up, I’d
say that even though it may have some shortcomings, you may still find this
movie interesting.
Watch the trailer here:
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