I wasn't sure what to expect from writer and director
Neil Burger with this 2021 sci-fi thriller, but I must admit that the synopsis for the movie sounded fairly interesting. And so without having even seen a trailer or even heard about the movie prior to watching it, I sat down to watch "Voyagers".
And while "Voyagers" did actually start out pretty interesting, and had me entertained, the movie just fell into pieces upon the act where the character Richard died. After that, the movie just became laughable and downright annoying to watch.
After the death of Richard, the movie became a pointless theater of fighting, bickering, deception and debauchery, and throw in a hefty bit of bland characters that constantly look like they are seriously constipated. Essentially the movie slipped from being an interesting and atmospheric sci-fi thriller to becoming a mindless clone of "Lord of the Flies", but set in space.
What really ticked me off here was the ignorance and the behavior of the adolescent characters in the movie. Seriously, they're stuck aboard a space vessel with nowhere to go, and they succumb to such behavior. No, it just seemed way to incomprehensible and ludicrous.
Visually then "Voyagers" was actually quite good, and there was a good atmospheric sense of claustrophobia and of being crammed inside a space vessel. Just a shame that the storyline had to become such dripple.
Essentially watch the movie up to the point where Richard dies, then turn off the movie. At least that way you will walk away with a wholehearted experience of the movie and have good memories of the story. Just don't bother with the second half of the movie, because it was just a big heap of... Well, you know what I mean.
"Voyagers" had potential to be such a great movie and a rather interesting one as well. But a horrible writing of script changed that experience into a joke.
I am rating "Voyagers" a generous three out of ten stars, and that is mostly based on Colin Farrell's acting, the atmosphere of the first part of the movie and the visuals.
And while "Voyagers" did actually start out pretty interesting, and had me entertained, the movie just fell into pieces upon the act where the character Richard died. After that, the movie just became laughable and downright annoying to watch.
After the death of Richard, the movie became a pointless theater of fighting, bickering, deception and debauchery, and throw in a hefty bit of bland characters that constantly look like they are seriously constipated. Essentially the movie slipped from being an interesting and atmospheric sci-fi thriller to becoming a mindless clone of "Lord of the Flies", but set in space.
What really ticked me off here was the ignorance and the behavior of the adolescent characters in the movie. Seriously, they're stuck aboard a space vessel with nowhere to go, and they succumb to such behavior. No, it just seemed way to incomprehensible and ludicrous.
Visually then "Voyagers" was actually quite good, and there was a good atmospheric sense of claustrophobia and of being crammed inside a space vessel. Just a shame that the storyline had to become such dripple.
Essentially watch the movie up to the point where Richard dies, then turn off the movie. At least that way you will walk away with a wholehearted experience of the movie and have good memories of the story. Just don't bother with the second half of the movie, because it was just a big heap of... Well, you know what I mean.
"Voyagers" had potential to be such a great movie and a rather interesting one as well. But a horrible writing of script changed that experience into a joke.
I am rating "Voyagers" a generous three out of ten stars, and that is mostly based on Colin Farrell's acting, the atmosphere of the first part of the movie and the visuals.