Review of Event Horizon (1997) by Hanno P — 04 Jun 2016

I like how they never explain why the singularity room is so pointy.

This review of Event Horizon (1997) was written by Hanno P on 04 Jun 2016.

Event Horizon has generally received positive reviews.

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By Matthew Sweet (2) for Independent on Sunday (201) on 14 Dec 2018

But, to its credit, Event Horizon never pretends to be anything other than a series of highly efficient rip-offs…

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By Hotelcentral (111) on 04 Jan 2019

The film does OK till around the halfway mark, at which point it all goes to heck. Here are a few clues: 1) Hey, what's that weird thing…

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By Dennis King (67) for Tulsa World (603) on 14 Dec 2018

But unfortunately, Anderson can't seem to decide whether he's making a sci-fi thriller, a ghost story, a gory horror film or a metaphysical…

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By Lewis H (85) on 05 Jan 2019

I liked Event Horizon- at least visually but it suffers from the same problems that plague many average films of this sort- a bland screenplay…

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By Jlau (377) on 18 Sep 2020

Space ship designed to create black holes and travel instantly literally goes to hell, gets the crew killed and then kills the rescue team…

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By Whave (7) on 10 Oct 2022

A cult classic. Feelings of hopelessness and dread. Otherworldly, nightbending themes…

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By Alexandrea (51) on 26 Nov 2021

I would kill to have acess to the original cut before it was lost forever…

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By Berik (76) on 06 Aug 2019

Dated, dumb and cliché. The movie was made in 1997, but it seems to be dated even compared to movies from the 80's…

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By Toasty87 (158) on 12 Jul 2020

If the original more violent and gory version was made and released it would be much better…

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By Eva3Si0N (403) on 06 Jul 2022

Event Horizon is a good chamber Sci-Fi thriller. You just shouldn't expect scale and realism from it…

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