ReelViews for 'SCIENCE FICTION/ADVENTURE' movies

Run Time: 2:08
U.S. Release Date: 2015-09-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Wes Ball
Cast: Dylan O'Brien, Lili Taylor, Barry Pepper, ...

With minimal plot development and far too much running around in dark corridors, "The Scorch Trials" has a poor story:filler ratio.

Mortal Engines

Run Time: 2:08
U.S. Release Date: 2018-12-14
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Christian Rivers
Cast: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, ...

As shepherded by filmmakers with a penchant for visual storytelling, "Mortal Engines" is two hours well-spent.

Predators

Run Time: 1:46
U.S. Release Date: 2010-07-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Nimrod Antal
Cast: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, ...

Predators is Robert Rodriguez's attempt to re-...

Ready Player One

Run Time: 2:20
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-29
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Innuendo)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn, ...

One of the year’s most energetic, visually rewarding, and ultimately exhausting motion pictures.

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Run Time: 2:13
U.S. Release Date: 2016-12-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Felicity Jones, Peter Cushing, Jimmy Smits, ...

As one of 2016’s most anticipated films, it doesn’t let down the legions who have been waiting for it.

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Run Time: 2:15
U.S. Release Date: 2018-05-25
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Ron Howard
Cast: Alden Ehrenreich, Joonas Suotamo, Woody Harrelson, ...

The prioritization of highlighting moments of "Star Wars" lore over telling a compelling story makes "Solo" feel overlong and anticlimactic.

Sound of Thunder, A

Run Time: 1:43
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Peter Hyams
Cast: Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, ...

A Sound of Thunder takes a thought-provoking ...

Space Cowboys

Run Time: 2:10
U.S. Release Date: 2000-08-04
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ADVENTURE
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner, ...

In a year of debacles and big budget implosions ...

Star Trek Into Darkness

Run Time: 2:12
U.S. Release Date: 2013-05-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/ADVENTURE
Director: J.J. Abrams
Cast: Chris Pine, Peter Weller, Bruce Greenwood, ...

Spoiler Alert: This review contains spoilers. Not ...

Star Wars: A New Hope

Run Time: 2:09
U.S. Release Date: 1977-05-25
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: George Lucas
Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, ...

This was the movie that reshaped the industry (for better or worse); it’s possible to argue that no more important film was released during the second half of the 20th century.