Jupiter Ascending

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Jupiter Ascending

PG-13

2015

2h 7m

Sci-Fi

Action

Adventure

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Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) was born under signs that predicted future greatness, but her reality as a woman consists of cleaning other people's houses and endless bad breaks. Caine (Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered hunter, arrives on Earth to locate her, making Jupiter finally aware of the great destiny that awaits her: Jupiter's genetic signature marks her as the next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.

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Critics Consensus

Pleasing to the eye but narratively befuddled, Jupiter Ascending delivers another visually thrilling misfire from the Wachowskis.

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Lisa Laman

Autostraddle

02/07/2025

“Plot holes” are there, sure, but the imagery on-screen is so stirring it’s hard to care.

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Brent McKnight

Seattle Times

07/06/2020

C-

No amount of visual pyrotechnics, no matter how spectacular, can save such a tired, weak story.

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Jason Bailey

Flavorwire

05/30/2016

The storytelling is clumsy, the characters are befuddling, and the Wachowskis' action sequences - once so graceful and thrilling - are ugly, noisy, and worst of all, boring.

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

09/04/2023

1/5

"Jupiter Ascending" is an utter mess of missed opportunity and misguided world-building.

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Eddie Harrison

film-authority.com

06/06/2023

3/5

…of certain interest to connoisseurs of how large amounts of money can be turned into producing liquid steam-punk gibberish…

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/22/2022

2.5/5

Another Wachowski movie whose ambition is only surpassed by its flaws.

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Frederick

04/23/2025

Highly underrated movie…

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Camilla T

@RT51170490 Jul 1

I adored this movie. An enchanting, grand and romantic sci fi epic.

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sparkette T.

@57sparkette May 21

More entertaining than most of the crappie out there.

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Adrienne C

@RT67120552 Apr 23

This is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I'm embarrassed to even admit that I watched it. It was so predictable and at times, I was wondering if it was a parody! It jumped around from action sequence to entirely too long action sequence so much so that I found myself fast-forwarding through them. Like enough explosions and zooming aroujd! The reptile aliens were just stupid. The plot was okay but the love story was started too soon and these 2 didn't even know each other before she was professing her love for him. Some of the acting was decent, but it did not from the main characters. It feels like Kunis and Tatum did this for the paycheck. If Mila Kunis was hoping to get more movie roles from this, she failed miserably. Channing Tatum had so much shit on his face I don't know if he could make an expression if he even tried. The whole movie was just weird and dumb. 😂

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Kevin F

@RT53835293 Apr 11

Always humorous to read the critic’s reviews that whine about "muddled" or "incomprehensible" storylines. Inevitably, they’re plots that are more involved that watching paint dry; typically science fiction. As the man said, that fault lies, not in the film plots, but in the film critics minimal brains. Simply put, Jupiter Ascending is an impressive blending of teen girl romance fantasy and SFX action pic. The plot is more creative than your typical big budget space opera, and the art direction is impressive. It’d be a smarmy action pic without good direction, solid dialogue, and another excellent effort by Mila Kunis, who breathes life into what could’ve been a dull character.

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Joseph D.

@JoeyD Apr 10

Wow. Cliche after cliche.

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Synopsis

Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis) was born under signs that predicted future greatness, but her reality as a woman consists of cleaning other people's houses and endless bad breaks. Caine (Channing Tatum), a genetically engineered hunter, arrives on Earth to locate her, making Jupiter finally aware of the great destiny that awaits her: Jupiter's genetic signature marks her as the next in line for an extraordinary inheritance that could alter the balance of the cosmos.

Director: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Producer: Grant Hill, Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Screenwriter: Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Warner Bros., Anarchos Productions Inc.
Rating: PG-13 (Sequences of Sci-Fi Action|Partial Nudity|Some Suggestive Content|Some Violence)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 6, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 28, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $47.4M
Runtime: 2h 7m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital