The Wachowski siblings’ “Jupiter Ascending” is not “The Matrix,” according to the majority of critics panning the science fiction spectacle starring Channing Tatum as an intergalactic bounty hunter and Mila Kunis as the oblivious heir to the universe.
The Warner Bros. release has 31 percent “rotten” approval rating from 49 critics counted, so far, by Rotten Tomatoes. Unfortunately, even the 15 reviews the critic aggregator considers “fresh” aren’t very positive.
TheWrap‘s Alonso Duralde, for example, recommended the “convoluted and silly” space saga for “adrenaline-packed set pieces and intergalactic scenery.”
“Inducing gasps and giggles in equal quantities, it’s a film better enjoyed not as ‘from the makers of ‘The Matrix’ and ‘Cloud Atlas’ but rather as ‘the most expensive movie Roger Corman never made,’” Duralde wrote in his review of the “utterly ridiculous” movie.