偉業を成し遂げる宿命を持つ星座に生まれながら、現実には毎日ひたすら働いていたジュピター。ある日、何者かに襲われた彼女は、突然現れた強靭な戦士に助けられる。そして、自分が宇宙最大の王朝の王族だと知らされる。戦士はケインと名乗り、遠い星の遺伝子操作によって生まれた、身分は最下級だが戦うためだけに特化した究極の戦士だと言う。王朝では三人の継承者が覇権めぐり争っており、亡き母と同じ遺伝子配列を持つジュピターが生まれ変わりとして引き継ぐ地球を狙っていた。10万年前から支配してきた人類を滅ぼそうとしているのだ。身分違いのため決して結ばれない運命のジュピターとケインは、ともに人類の危機に立ち向かう。
製作費: $176,000,000 (264億円)
興行収入: $184,000,000 (276億円)
推定収支: $8,000,000 (12億円)
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監督: リリー・ウォシャウスキー / ラナ・ウォシャウスキー
脚本: リリー・ウォシャウスキー / ラナ・ウォシャウスキー
音楽: マイケル・ジアッチーノ
制作: ラナ・ウォシャウスキー / Bruce Berman / リリー・ウォシャウスキー
撮影監督: ジョン・トール
制作会社: Warner Bros. Pictures / Village Roadshow Pictures / RatPac Entertainment / Anarchos Productions
> One liner, somewhat richer, but only a decent entertainer. A sci-fantasy directed by the Wachowskis of 'The Matrix' fame. Theirs lowest point ever as the filmmakers, but still not that bad flick. The movie lacked in many areas, and one of those is failing to have at least one stunning fight/war scene. I know it was only the beginning and there will be a sequel, maybe ends as a trilogy, but the story was very weak for an intro movie. Looks like one-liner, precisely to say kind of similar to 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. I mean in a thin idea, the whole story takes place. Something like a space expedition for a chosen one, hopping from a planet to planet, seeking answers and protection. The title character, Jupiter Jones, played by Mila Kunis, with the help of the Caine Wise (Channing Tatum) takes a risky venture when their lives were threatened. Finding who's behind and other truth brings the end of the narration, which runs for just over a 2 hour. Performances were okay, but kind of doubt their inclusion in the project. Mostly the cast was the younger ones, maybe except, Sean Bean. Many of them are only the recently emerged stars. So it was a big responsibility in a big budget movie and they did it. But the movie should have had at least one senior artist. The graphics were somewhat rich, and again the absence of the quality scenes and stunts lets the movie fall. 6½/10
It appears that I am going to disagree with a fair number of people when I say that I quite liked this movie. Sure, if you expect some deep story with a lot of moral cleverness in it you are going to be disappointed. This is an interesting story but one that hangs together by a fairly fine thread. To me it is a decent enough story that is propelled by a decent enough action and absolutely wonderful scenery. Yes, I agree with everyone saying that it is a bit of a B-story. It has many issues and barely hangs together at times. However, if you try to ignore that for a while and just try to view it as a piece of, fairly fast paced, visual entertainment, well then it hits the spot quite well. It is frequently beautiful to watch. The action sequences are not bad and the story is, if nothing else, certainly not the usual thirteen to a dozen B-movie repeats. The acting is, well, also generally of B-movie quality but it is not downright bad and, once I got in the right mindset for the movie, it did not disturb me. On the whole I quite liked this movie but I guess you have to be a bit of sci-fi fan, with an emphasize on visuals, to do so.
