Event Horizon (1997)
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
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Pretty Good
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.
Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
Full of inconsisies not good acting and crap dialogue
It seems that nerds love every sci-fi/fantasy movie ever made and have no standards. To read the reviews you would think this movie ranks right up there with Alien(s). It doesn't. It's crap. Surprisingly poor acting from a decent cast, I guess you can only do so much with a mediocre script and clumsy direction. I should have known from the IMDB rating that this would not be that good, but oh the reviewers. Shame on me for being fooled twice, three times, etc.
Event Horizon is a very dark and well acted science fiction/horror hybrid from director Paul WS Anderson. The plot is complex and principally involves our cast going into space to investigate and find the vessel Event Horizon. I would say this is more for sci fi fans than horror fans, but there is more than enough tension, suspense and grisly images to please horror fans. A lot of this stuff is psychological and the special f/x are outstanding. Early on in the film, much is lost due to an overemphasis on technical jargon(which sci fi fans I am sure love), but later on the film picks up and goes full throttle into dark and horrific territory. There are nods to Hellraiser and The Shining as well as the Alien series. Lawrence Fishburne and Sam Neil are both excellent in this. Event Horizon is in many ways a flawed film but it is an interesting watch and much recommended for fans of dark science fiction.
I have to say, this movie could have been way more intriguing and surprising If it just wasn't so badly written. Too much is left unexplained, and the whole movie is too disjointed : that's a pity because there were a few choices that I really appreciated, like Sam Neill's character slowly revealing himself as the villain, or the ending that leaves some sort of ambiguity with the last shot. The directing and the editing look fine most of the time, but during some scenes they drastically lower. Another missed opportunity