Ad Astra (2019)

Brazil, China, United States of America

Science Fiction, Drama

New Regency Productions, MadRiver Pictures, Plan B Entertainment, RT Features, Bona Film Group, TSG Entertainment, Keep Your Head Productions, 20th Century Fox

Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, John Ortiz, Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland

James Gray

James Gray, Ethan Gross

Taglines: The answers we seek are just outside our reach

moon, planet mars, loss of loved one, astronaut, moon colony, solar system, father son relationship, near future, planet neptune, space walk

The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth, astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across the immensity of space and its many perils to uncover the truth about a lost expedition that decades before boldly faced emptiness and silence in search of the unknown.

Reviews:

Author: Geronimo1967
It is hard to write anything positive about Ad Astra but I shall try.: it does look great; the visual effects are unique in their brilliance and application, except, perhaps, for Star Trek, Star Wars, Mars, Starship Troopers, Battlestar Gallactica (you name it! ). The film moves along with the pace of a an elephant trudging through fudge (or something of a similar colour) and by about half an hour in, I found myself considering the cardinal sin of the cinema - looking at my phone for messages I knew I hadn't received since sitting down. As ever with these kind of films, I am grateful that their box office viability helps cinemas to stay afloat in times when many prefer to watch on their televisions at home; but aside from this tangential benefit, this has precious little else to offer. I expect Brad Pitt may skirt over this film in his career retrospective autobiography one day... Drivel!