“Ad Astra”: Film Review & Podcast

It’s been a big year for Brad Pitt.

First he stole the show in Tarantino’s Oscar-favorite homage to Hollywood circa ’69. And bested a Bruce Lee character while doing it.

Now, as an astronaut like his father before him, he is off to deep space to see if dad is still alive somewhere near Saturn?

Papa (Tommy Lee Jones) led a mission 16 years previous and hasn’t been heard from. Most feel he is dead. Space Control seems to believe he still lives and has gone rogue.

What we have here is another take on Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” full with Pitt’s voice over inner turmoil, just like Martin Sheen before him in “Apocalypse Now.”

Lots of cool CGI here. It does take place after in outer space.

Along with attempts for it to be more cerebral than your average popcorn fare.

For more details, and to find out if the film works or not, listen to the podcast below.