Ad Astra is a 2019 sci-fi thriller film directed by James Gray and starring Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, and Liv Tyler. The film is set in a near-future where humanity has expanded into the solar system.

When a mysterious life-threatening event strikes Earth, astronaut Roy McBride (Pitt) is tasked with a dangerous mission to travel to Mars to find his missing father, Clifford McBride (Jones), who led an expedition to Neptune 30 years earlier and was presumed dead.

Roy’s journey takes him across the solar system, from the Moon to Mars to Neptune, where he encounters a variety of dangers, including pirates, radiation storms, and unstable space stations. Along the way, he also begins to learn more about his father and the expedition that went wrong.

Ad Astra is a visually stunning film with sweeping shots of the solar system. The film also features a powerful performance by Brad Pitt, who conveys the emotional depth of Roy’s journey with subtlety and nuance.