The trailer for a new Netflix sci-fi thriller has been criticized by fans as “awful” and “absolute rubbish”, despite the film featuring a top Hollywood star.
Atlas will premiere on Netflix on May 24 and is produced by Jennifer Lopez, who will also play the film’s protagonist, data analyst Atlas Shepherd.
López is producing Atlas through his production company Nuyorican Productions and his agreement with Netflix, where they will produce a series of films, television series and scripted and unscripted content with a focus on supporting diverse talent in the industry.
Atlas centers on a brilliant data analyst who deeply distrusts artificial intelligence and joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past.
But when plans go awry, your only hope of saving humanity’s future from AI is to trust it, according to a press release.
Jennifer Lopez stars in a new sci-fi adventure film titled Atlas. The 54-year-old actress was first seen in the film during a Netflix video about her 2024 projects that was shared on Thursday.
The film will debut on Netflix on May 24.
The sci-fi adventure also stars Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong.
Lopez said of the film, “I loved that it’s a big sci-fi action movie, but at its core it’s a friendship story and, in a way, a love story.”
“I always see everything as a love story, but this is a different kind of love between two beings who connect in disastrous circumstances and teach each other how to be more human.”
Netflix released a full trailer for Atlas on April 23, with a nearly three-minute trailer introducing us viewers to a highly advanced technological universe, as well as some of the main characters.
However, some fans have complained that the trailer reveals too much of the film, while others called the plot “dreadful” and “forgettable popcorn watching.”
On X, over 200 fans left comments below the trailer. aware by Netflix on its official account in April.
One person wrote: “The movie looks great, but couldn’t they reveal the whole plot?”, while another said: “I feel like I just watched the whole movie.”
Meanwhile, some viewers were a little more critical, with one person fuming: “I don’t think the lead has the charisma to focus attention on a role with as many special effects as this.” I’d rate this as forgettable popcorn watching,” while another complained, “This looks horrible.”
López produces Atlas through his production company Nuyorican Productions and his agreement with Netflix.
On X, more than 200 fans left comments below the trailer posted by Netflix on its official account in April.
Another said: ‘What is this, 1999?’ while a third wrote: “Absolute rubbish, that’s all I’ll see of this, the acting is hollow.” It is difficult to see even this amount.’
A fourth viewer wrote: ‘Why as a society do we keep doing this.’ Not sure I’m looking for a JLo action movie,” while one final reviewer said, “Like all Netflix movies, hype but no substance.”
One Lopez fan, who expressed excitement after seeing the trailer, wrote: ‘She’s been working like she pays rent every day. I respect that.’
It comes after Netflix fans criticized a 2024 film starring Sydney Sweeney and Dakota Johnson as the ‘dumbest’ they’ve ever seen, after it was given new life by uploading it to the streaming platform.
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