Passengers 🎥 2016 Movie Info

Plot Summary

In the distant future, the Avalon, a sleeper ship transporting 5,000 colonists and 258 crew in hibernation pods, is traveling from Earth to the planet Homestead II, a 120-year journey as part of a wave of space colonization to escape the overpopulated and heavily urbanized Earth. Only 30 years into the voyage, an asteroid collision damages the ship, causing a malfunction that awakens passenger Jim Preston, a mechanical engineer, 90 years ahead of schedule. He is unable to return to hibernation, and cannot contact Earth for help due to an overly long communication delay. He attempts to break into the crew hibernation room, in the hopes they will be able to help.

He fails due to the strength of the ship’s security systems. As the ship’s AI systems cannot seem to comprehend the idea of a hibernation pod malfunction, Jim eventually gives up, passing the time in several of the ship’s entertainment zones. After a year of isolation, with only an android barman named Arthur for company, Jim grows despondent and contemplates suicide, until he notices Aurora Lane, a beautiful young woman inside a pod. He considers reviving her for companionship, but struggles doing so, knowing it is morally wrong and will preclude her intended life and career as a writer on their destination planet.

Jim eventually awakens Aurora, letting her believe it was a malfunction. Devastated at having to live out her life on the ship, she tries to reenter hibernation. Resigned to the situation, she begins writing about her experience. Over the next year, the two fall in love. Just before Jim intends to propose to Aurora, Arthur inadvertently reveals the truth about her awakening. Distraught and enraged, Aurora berates, shuns, and physically attacks Jim. She furiously rejects his apologies and avoids contact with him. Sometime later, another pod failure awakens Gus Mancuso, a deck chief officer.

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