BRAD PEYTON IS NO STRANGER to pushing the boundaries of reality. Consider his three films with Dwayne Johnson: Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, San Andreas and Rampage – each one a bombastic slice of pulpy cinema. Now Peyton returns with Atlas, the story of a data analyst (Jennifer Lopez) stranded on a dangerous planet after pursuing Harlan (Simu Liu), a villainous artificial intelligence terrorist.
“My taste is always to do as much as I can,” the filmmaker tells Red Alert. “I want to push everything as much as possible.”