with a gigantic spaceship, car-
rying thousands of colonists on
a voyage to a new home galax-
ies away from Earth, running
into trouble that leads to the
premature opening of its crew’s
hibernation pods. Dozens of the
sleeping colonists perish, along
with the ship’s captain (James
Franco, earning the easiest pay-
check of his career), leaving sec-
ond in command Christopher
Oram (Billy Crudup) to assume
command, much to the annoy-
ance of the deceased’s widow,
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Daniels (Katherine Waterston).
The movie sets up an initially
intriguing conflict between the
pair - Oram is a man of faith,
while Daniels is more practical
and scientific - but beyond an
early argument this dynamic is
never returned to.
The crew learns that their ship
is a full seven years away from
their intended destination, and
not wanting to get back into
their treacherous pods, there’s
much excitement when a seem-
ingly habitable planet appears
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