I'm going to start this review with the good parts as they were unfortunately pretty few. It has an interesting intrigue which made me curious and kept me this way until the final part. It has Brad Pitt who plays his character pretty well and also presents some of his thoughts in an unique way but nothing extraordinary. I can say that the filming direction and special effects were great, even impressive at times, but that's about it.
Going to the bad part, it is soooo slow-paced that you have to be a hero to resist until the end without a single yawn or without losing interest. To make matters worse, it has plenty of questionable moments which might even be considered plot-holes, which unfortunately decide key moments in the plot. This is where a spoiler alert is in order. The first thing I'm questioning is the fact that he was chosen for this mission in which it was pretty clear or at least very possible for him to meet his father and if so eliminate him from the picture; and all this just to find out in the next couple of scenes that the company who sent him didn't trust him from the beginning; my only explanation here is that he was the best from his field and that he was the "logical" choice, but judging by the emotional stake, it doesn't make much sense for me. The other question I have (and this one is quite big, even considering it to be a plot-hole) is why was he released from his room while on mars (by someone who knew his father was a murderer) just to be sent after his father (whom he clearly wasn't going to kill, although that character who liberated him thought otherwise, risking her freedom in the process), presumably doing exactly what the crew that he hijacks was going to do, which is, obviously, to eliminate his father and his project. The worst part in this movie is the actual finale which is so predictable that you're simply left wondering why you just spent all that runtime for simply nothing. You don't get anything out of the ordinary, just plain old soap opera which brings more anger than relief. Oh, as a quick note, there were also plenty of underdeveloped characters which took part in the plot with no clear direction or just to send an ordinary message which could have been sent in a much more creative way, but maybe it's just me being picky.
As you might have guessed by now, watching this movie wasn't quite a pleasure. It kept me interested as I was hoping for a finale which might bring something truly intelligent, extraordinary or impressive. As it turns out, the disappointments kept rolling, thus ending up with a quite bad experience.
Going to the bad part, it is soooo slow-paced that you have to be a hero to resist until the end without a single yawn or without losing interest. To make matters worse, it has plenty of questionable moments which might even be considered plot-holes, which unfortunately decide key moments in the plot. This is where a spoiler alert is in order. The first thing I'm questioning is the fact that he was chosen for this mission in which it was pretty clear or at least very possible for him to meet his father and if so eliminate him from the picture; and all this just to find out in the next couple of scenes that the company who sent him didn't trust him from the beginning; my only explanation here is that he was the best from his field and that he was the "logical" choice, but judging by the emotional stake, it doesn't make much sense for me. The other question I have (and this one is quite big, even considering it to be a plot-hole) is why was he released from his room while on mars (by someone who knew his father was a murderer) just to be sent after his father (whom he clearly wasn't going to kill, although that character who liberated him thought otherwise, risking her freedom in the process), presumably doing exactly what the crew that he hijacks was going to do, which is, obviously, to eliminate his father and his project. The worst part in this movie is the actual finale which is so predictable that you're simply left wondering why you just spent all that runtime for simply nothing. You don't get anything out of the ordinary, just plain old soap opera which brings more anger than relief. Oh, as a quick note, there were also plenty of underdeveloped characters which took part in the plot with no clear direction or just to send an ordinary message which could have been sent in a much more creative way, but maybe it's just me being picky.
As you might have guessed by now, watching this movie wasn't quite a pleasure. It kept me interested as I was hoping for a finale which might bring something truly intelligent, extraordinary or impressive. As it turns out, the disappointments kept rolling, thus ending up with a quite bad experience.