phantom_pixie

Every single frame of this film csan be predicted, you see who lives, who dies, who fake-dies and everything inbetween from the first second a character is introduced. I don't know why this movie needed to be dumbed down, was it to appeal to kids? It was another generic film that by the numbers give you the regular three arch structure and nothing more. Maybe worth watching once, just for the estetiks and great CGI, but not so much for the storyline. It's just one more of the same, but with a robot premise. The CGI is great, but after 320 million dollars one can not expect less. However that is the main reason for my score, not for the constantly tired looking Millie Bobby Brown or the even more generic by the numbers "acting" by Chris Pratt. This movie is a Robocop for teens, and unlike that one, this is a popcorn-movie but ultimately forgettable.

I watched this because I loved the original "Escape from Jupiter" and I only finished all the episodes of this sequel because I kept hoping that the initial bad episodes and storyline would improve; It does not improve, in fact it just gets worse with each episode.

I don't know who had more drinks, the script-writer or the cameraman but it's a contest of interrible-ness. The story is inconsistent and I can only assume the characters suffer from oxygen depravation because they get dumber with every episode. Any obvious mistake they can make are made just to drive the plot, and by plot I mean two ugly space pirates that keep popping up like jack-in-the-box even though they should have been a one episode threat at most.

The script recyle some plot and scenes from EFJ but lack any follow up or excitement that came with those plots in the first place. It also seems like the person who wrote the script got amnesia halfway through and mixed up the character traits, as Gerar is now the samt one, Michael is dumb and cranky, Kumi have lost all smarts and been reduced to some hompie-hopper between the guys for no reason. Anna had the wits to leave in the first few episodes, and the angst filled but clever Kingston is replaced with the stupid and annoying Abe. We then also get the addition of Zac, another stupid and annoying character and whenever she and Abe are on screen you can just skip forward because their entire arc from dialogue to actions is plain dumb and doesn't do anything for the show.

Whilst the prequel series EFJ was well written with great character development and intervened stories and plots, this was just... a full on terrible mess. All characters become ne dimensional, with no depth, drive or motivation. We get no background to any of the new characters and nothing explaining any of their reasoning to any of their dumb actions or behaviour.

To the terrible plot we also have cheap CGI, bad editing and nauseating inducing camerawork with shaky cam and shoddy angles. Making this whole thing play out as a youtube video aimed a 5 year olds.

Whilst the prequel had a happy ending with everyone safe and good friends, this leaves the group fractured and scattered over the milky way. A truly terrible series and an even more terrible sequel to a good show. If you are a fan of the original series, stay clear of this one. And honestly, even if you haven't seen the prequel series stay clear of this one. It's not worth your time.