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Following the tepid response to last year’s Cloud Atlas, the minds behind The Matrix are back with next year’s sci-fi epic, Jupiter Ascending. Starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum, the film follows Kunis as Jupiter, a lowly janitor with big dreams. When an ex-military hunter, Caine (Tatum), appears and explains to Jupiter that she may be destined to be a queen (or something), she’s suddenly thrown into a space epic involving a queen attempting to kill her because of this supposed destiny.
Jupiter Ascending sounds like nothing more than a modernized, sci-fi set Snow White allegory, complete with a huntsman, a jealous queen/witch, and an unassuming young woman destined for greatness. The film looks technically great, like a modern-day Blade Runner, but the hints at plot in the trailer made me groan over how simplistic it was. Of course, I’ll withhold judgment until the film is released into theaters on July 25, 2014.