Jupiter Ascending (2015)

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	Year of first release: 2015
	Director: The Wachowskis (Matrix 1-3, Cloud Atlas, Speed Racer)
	Actors: Channing Tatum (G.I. Joe, 21 Jump Street), Mila Kunis (Black Swan), Eddie Redmayne (Black Death), Sean Bean (Cleanskin, Black Death)
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF
	Conditions of visioning: 27.07.2015, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: The young woman named Jupiter Jones (Kunis) hates her poor life, until she finds herself in the middle of a universal power struggle for the control of Earth, and is rescued by former elite soldier Caine Wise (Tatum).
Review: I had read and heard many bad reviews about this movie but decided to acquire the Blu-ray anyway. The first half hour promises good things, but then it is not that the movie is extremely bad, it just gets confused and fails to keep the viewer involved in the story. Indeed even with sub-titles I had to rewind several times to catch important story elements that I missed and that are not repeated afterwards. Unlike some other reviewers, I liked the special effects, the design of the spaceships and of the Universe in general, but I found the fight scenes hard to follow (too many close-ups and short cuts), and thus less impressive than the final one in The Avengers for example. I agree that Jupiter Ascending tells a story similar to the one of The Matrix (a simple person becomes responsible for the fate of mankind etc...) and that it follows the structure of a fairy tale (the lady rescued by her Charming Prince, falling in love with him, and the way she is brought successively to face her three foes). Finally I think that if it were less confused it wouldn't be such a bad movie, but it is disappointing after the previous Wachowskis movies: The Matrix of course, the fun ride Speed Racer and the ambitious Cloud Atlas, much simpler to understand than Jupiter Ascending although it spans six time epochs.
Rating: 4 /10