With
directors
Lana
and
Andy
Wachowski
helming
this
project,
"Jupiter
Ascending" is
a
perfect
example
of
the
phrase,
"too
many
cooks
spoil
the
broth".
This
ridiculously
convoluted
sci-fi
tale
with
a
love
story
thrown
in
and
mounted
on
a
magnificent
scale
of
an
action-epic
will
certainly
be
the
cause
of
Warner
Bros' descent
into
oblivion.
With
'plot'
holes
galore,
the
narration
follows
Jupiter
(Mila
Kunis),
daughter
of
an
astrophysicist
father
and
a
mathematician
mother,
living
in
Russia.
"Born
without
a
country
and
home" and
after
the
death
of
her
father,
"in
the
house
of
Leo",
Jupiter
and
her
mother
live
with
an
extended
family
that
includes
her
mother's
sister
and
her
family.
The
mother-daughter
duo
depends
on
her
aunt's
family
for
subsistence.
Jupiter
leads
a
pathetic
life.
She
is
constantly
shown
cleaning
toilets.
Then
one
fine
day,
a
bunch
of
extraterrestrial
creatures
land
up
in
her
room
and
soon
she
is
kidnapped.
Apparently,
she
is
some
royal
queen
of
the
planet
Earth.
On
the
other
hand,
on
the
planet
Jupiter,
royal
siblings
older
brother
Balem
(Eddie
Redmayne),
sister
Kalique
(Tuppence
Middleton)
and
younger
brother
Titus
(Douglas
Booth)
are
plotting
to
take
control
of
planet
Earth.
They
have
been
harvesting
humans
in
order
to
create
a
regeneration
serum.
So
they
are
all
out
to
capture
the
queen
of
planet
Earth.
Then
there's
the
half-wolf
in
shining
armour,
Caine
(Channing
Tatum),
with
a
blonde
goatee
and
elfin
ears,
who
rescues
Jupiter
from
her
captors.
He
has
recently
lost
his
wings
and
wears
shoes
that
enable
him
to
lift
off
the
ground
and
zoom
across
the
sky.
And
during
the
rescue
operation
and
in
between
inter-planetary
transitions,
romance
brews
between
Caine
and
Jupiter.
Packed
with
characters
with
strange
power
dynamics
and
no
co-relation
or
strong
motivation,
it
is
difficult
to
decipher
what
is
happening
on
the
screen.
The
setting
too
is
absurdly
off
beat
and
the
plot
graph
lacks
logic.
The
performances
of
the
A-list
star
cast
are
perfunctory
and
disappointing,
especially
after
watching
award
winning
performances
from
Channing
Tatum
in
"Foxcatcher" and
Eddie
Redmayne
in
"The
Theory
of
Everything".
Also,
the
chemistry
between
Mila
Kunis
and
Tatum
feels
overtly
forced.
The
film
is
technically
spectacular
with
brilliant
sets
and
graphically
designed
spacecraft.
It
is
visually
beautiful.
The
graphics
and
computer
generated
effects
mesh
well
with
John
Toll's
images.
But
the
3D
effects
don't
add
any
value
to
the
viewing
experience.
Overall,
viewing
"Jupiter
Ascending" with
its
faulty
script
is
a
tedious
affair.
It
leaves
you
gasping
for
oxygen.