Review Type: Streaming

Quick Hits

• Lots of running through halls
• Parents are needed
• Lord of the Flies?
• No, really… parents discipline ya kids

This is a boring version of Lord of the Flies. 

OK, what worked… 

• Colin Farrell did a good job, but he role was rather small.
• The set and budget. They must have been working with a cool budget, because everything looked great.
• The plot was a good idea until it went all Lord of the Flies but in space.

Despite being a Lord of the Flies clone story-wise the premise was dope. Humans done up and screwed up Earth, so we are sending some genetically modified kids up into space on a 86-year mission to find another spot we can inhabit and mess up, with Colin Farrell being the only adult on board. Nothing can go wrong right? Well, everything goes wrong.

If you can get over the Lord of the Flies thing or do not know the story (Sheeesh if I never say Lord of the Flies ever again it will be too soon). The movie is aaight. The acting does drop and get rather Twilight-ish in spots. But it is a solid movie. 

The Hood gives “Voyagers” a solid 3 EBTs. 

Quick hits

One part, love story

One part, creepy sci-fi flick

Outer space meets inner space

Spaceman is a slow drip of anticipation that never quite comes.

But I guess that is the beauty of this movie. Was Hanush real? Was Jakub (Adam Sandler) trippin balls? Was it all in his mind/conscience? All of which are valid questions at the end of this one. Spaceman is a weird, artsy, thought-provoking, and drawn-out journey into the human psyche. One would be better served to watch this film while off a lil of the ol’ devil’s lettuce. Not that I am advocating for drug use, but this movie is weird . Almost like it should be watched through a kaleidoscope or some other reality-bending lens. Because whoever thought up Hanush (voiced by Paul Dano which made the character even creepier) needs to have their head looked at. Hanush is downright creepy. A big ass spider with several human-ish eyes, two octopus-like arms, and fleshy mandibles surrounding a mouth that moves as we people’s mouths do. If that description alone does not make you wanna see it. Mannnnn.

The Hood gives this trippy sci-fi, love story 4.5 EBTs. Yeah yeah I know I know I said it was drawn out. But that moody, creepy feeling helps push the anticipation levels to a point where the time just kinda slips by. I’m telling y’all it is still a good flick.