The voyagers, a group of lab-grown teenagers raised on a spaceship en route to colonize and repopulate a distant exoplanet with habitable conditions soon takes a darker turn when a few overly hormonal teenagers let their hedonistic fantasies run wild. The themes on humanity at it's worst self is emphasized throughout the film but the execution is too clumsy for it to make much of an emotional impact. It just goes to show that we don't need alien intruders, crashing asteroids, or severe malfunctions in the spaceship to threaten the mission when the worst of human nature can cause a much bigger problem.
We also witness the kindness of compassionate and sympathetic characters like Sela (Lily-Rose Depp) that balances out the movie's equilibrium to an extent.
Think it has more to do with the outlook on humanity's worst self more than the spectacle of showing breathtaking views of space and distant exoplanets. Apart from Lily Rose Depp's character, everyone else turned out violent, rapey and (very cliched) toxic males fighting over who gets to claim the girl. Intriguing premise somewhat let down by bad editing, subpar acting and lacking special effects.
We also witness the kindness of compassionate and sympathetic characters like Sela (Lily-Rose Depp) that balances out the movie's equilibrium to an extent.
Think it has more to do with the outlook on humanity's worst self more than the spectacle of showing breathtaking views of space and distant exoplanets. Apart from Lily Rose Depp's character, everyone else turned out violent, rapey and (very cliched) toxic males fighting over who gets to claim the girl. Intriguing premise somewhat let down by bad editing, subpar acting and lacking special effects.