Should you watch Dark Matter?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
Dark Matter
Series · 2024
Jason Dessen is abducted into an alternate version of his life. To get back to his real family, he embarks on a harrowing journey to save them from the most terrifying foe imaginable: himself.
The sides of Dark Matter
- A Chicago physics professor kidnapped into another life
- A box that opens onto endless worlds
- A man fighting another version of himself
Dark Matter is good for you if…
- you like Joel Edgerton playing two versions of the same man.
- you like a man racing his own double to get home.
- you like a story driven by a husband trying to get back to his wife and son.
Dark Matter is bad for you if…
- you need the quantum physics to hold up.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talks about the life a man could have had.
About: the road not taken · identity · marriage
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