Frustratingly predictable on many levels, strong acting, hard to remain invested or interested after too many twists and turns.

First the good, I enjoyed Casey Affleck, Laurence Fishburne, Tomer Capone, and Emily Beecham. Capone does a great job of portraying panic, nervousness, and anxiety in many of his roles. When he is uneasy and freaking out, I am getting nervous. Affleck did a great job presenting a man unsure of what is going on, and doing his best to piece together what is happening. You can feel his struggle of uncertainty. Fishburne always commands a presence, you don't need additional cues to tell you he is the captain. He presents as the strong authoritative leader. Beecham does good presenting as a love interest, and showing the conflicts of such a romance in such a situation.

That's about as nice as I can be. The story tells you upfront very clearly that we will experience the whole narrative from Affleck's point of view after being medically drugged for deep sleep. We are told multiple times that there might be confusion, memory loss, and hallucinations. This sets up the premise for us seeing and hearing things we, like Affleck, cannot be sure are true. The problem with a narrative like this is there is no way to know "what way is up". You are simply being toyed with by the writers with random twists explained by the sleep drugs. There is no sense of what is real, so a lot of what you're seeing, hearing, and feeling feels wasted because it is hard to get invested when you aren't sure any of it is real.

The story kind of stumbles along with a few main possibilities of what is really going on and what the possible outcomes can be. Then they slap some new ones in randomly, once again explained by the drugs and confusion. The ending felt like a flip of a coin. I am not even sure if the ending is what the writers/director wanted or visioned, or if they just threw a dart at a board and felt it was good enough.

It ambiguous enough people on social media aren't entirely sure what to make of it. Many people question what parts were real, which help justify how they came to their decision on what to believe at the end. Questions of if things shown were symbolic, and not what really happened. The problem is the movie never gives us enough to know, again to know "which way is up". I find it hard to have any investment or attachment when the viewer is left in the dark the entire time and ends without any clarity.

Spoiler view on the end. [spoiler] Some users argue the airlock scene shown at the very end is some kind of internal/mental representation of Affleck letting go of his internal views of himself. The he isn't a strong enough loner to make the trip without needing companionship. He wants/needs love in his life. Other takes are that those last few seconds are reality, but there are too many things left open or unexplained. [/spoiler]

Solid performances for a story that feels like it goes no where.