More accessible than their recent Cloud Atlas and more enjoyable than those Matrix sequels, the Wachowski siblings' latest sci-fi epic concerns ordinary Earth girl Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis), who discovers she's a genetic "recurrence" of the powerful matriarch of an intergalactic dynasty, and consequently the legal heir to their fortune. This of course upsets the eldest son, Balem (a hilarious Eddie Redmayne), who makes it his mission to destroy her. With a genetically engineered dog soldier (Channing Tatum) as her guardian, Jupiter's ascension proves to be quite convoluted affair. This is one of those big, dazzling, FX-laden and overly ambitious science fiction films whose erratic tone alternates between serious and screwball - often in the same scene. And like the similarly bonkers The Fifth Element and The Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, the Wachowski's space opera is destined to attract its own cult following. Watch it a second time and it actually make sense.
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