#153: Passengers

The year is 2016. Britain has voted to leave the EU. Game of Thrones and Fleabag are on the tele. The two hottest, Hollywood stars in the world right now are Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence. Fresh off his stand-out performance in Guardians of The Galaxy, studio execs decide it would be cheaper to also film Pratt's next film in space, rather than pay to come back to Earth. That's how this film came along. A film with an interesting central premise on paper. A film with beautiful set design and outstanding supporting cast. A film that really pushed the limits of how likeable Chris Pratt was. A strange little, problematic blip, in the otherwise unstoppable careers of it's main stars. Today we're talking Michael Sheen robot men, the jobs that fall under the remit of a mechanic and the heavy implications in the problematic, sci-fi oddity; Passengers

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