Director:
Neil BurgerGuión:
Neil BurgerCámara:
Enrique ChediakMúsica:
Trevor GureckisReparto:
Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead, Colin Farrell, Chanté Adams, Quintessa Swindell, Archie Madekwe, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Viveik Kalra (más)Sinopsis(1)
Ambientada en un futuro cercano, narra la odisea de un grupo de adolescentes genéticamente mejorados, que son medicados con el fin de suprimir sus instintos primarios y hacerlos dóciles, para así poder enviarlos a un viaje espacial en busca de un nuevo hogar. Pero una vez que dejan de tomar los medicamentos, el orden se rompe y las ansias de poder harán que decidan establecer sus propias reglas. (Diamond Films España)
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I suspect there was a far more interesting and clever script behind this originally than what eventually made it into the movie. That plot about an inter-generation raised solely to preserve the human genome before it reaches a colonizable planet is excellent, and quite timely in this day and age when many young people similarly see their role in preserving humanity in the shadow of climate change. The problem is that the film doesn't develop the most essential information needed for the plot at all. If we're faced with a group of people raised in complete isolation from the rest of the world (so they don't suffer from mourning for earth), and all we see of their upbringing is the performance of abstract tasks, that's not enough to understand the experiences and patterns of behavior they continue to act upon. Without that, we are sadly left with a simple-minded genre tale about how some of us are naturally bred for the gallows, with representative democracy being the solution. Which, given the potential of the subject matter, is a pretty lame outcome. Especially when the physical cinematography and quieter narrative suggest the film had ambitions elsewhere.
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Judging by the reviews here, on Imdb and RT, I was expecting worse from Voyagers. This is not to say that Neil Burger's film impressed me in any significant way, though. The premise alone certainly had potential, but that was lost in the execution, which could have done more with the characters, the setting of a spaceship with no escape, and the overall building of atmosphere. Voyagers highlights how people can be moved by (un)wanted emotions, and how easily they can be manipulated when a disturbed (wannabe) "alpha-male" who can exploit fear and ignorance takes power. While it lacks that coveted "cosmic confinement and despair" (see Alien, Gravity, or Life) and a rawer handling, toned down to target a younger audience, it is still a solid three-star one-off. PS: The comparison with Lord of the Flies, which I have neither read nor seen (yet), is spot on!
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Director Neil Burger set the bar so high after Limitless that he will probably never surpass it. Although Voyagers is not too ambitious, it is definitely a cool and enjoyable bit one-off, worth more attention than this year's sci-fi offerings from Netflix. The film takes place in the near future on a spaceship with a thirty-member crew of young people searching for a new home. As it usually happens, their relationships start to deteriorate early on, with characters changing and dividing into groups. The acting is decent. Tye Sheridan is a likeable protagonist and Lily-Rose Depp is adorable. Colin Farrell is also good in a smaller role. The film is nicely shot and at times it is quite suspenseful. At times, I was hoping it would turn into a nice carnage, but perhaps I wanted too much. It didn't offend me, I enjoyed it, I have no problem with it. Those who have nothing else to watch and love sci-fi will definitely not waste their time with this. 6/10.
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When comrade teacher Farrell left the classroom, it was clear that sniffing around the exercise bike saddle in the women’s gym would be the least of the rowdy youth’s transgressions. Neil Burger's Das Boot in the depths of space, however, seemed to forget that the devil is in the details. If he had focused more on the method of child-rearing before the start, from which the story could then develop, and not immediately attempted to bend Jack Sparrow’s daughter and the narrative into cheap manipulation, maybe I wouldn’t have ended up feeling that instead of a reasonably intelligent Holly, I was watching a Cat ordering fish repeatedly at a vending machine. This box office bomb deservedly exploded.
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Burger is good at nice visuals and the premise is interesting, but that isn’t enough. The screenplay is weak and soon slips into a predictable routine. The kids behave like idiots, but not one of them is likeable. The only one to make an impression in acting terms was Colin. + Shame that we didn’t get a look at the surface of the planet.
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