Review of Event Horizon (1997) by Berik — 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. Characters are straight up clichés from older movies. You got captain cool that will safe everyone, the woman who will do something stupid and get herself killed. The young kid that is the first victim, the black dude that makes sexual innuendos and lame jokes, and ofcourse the doctor from the government with a god complex.

Besides the defying of basic laws of physics, the movie thinks it is also capable of ripping off the horror movies that came ten years before it. Supposedly, the ship has gone to 'hell'... and now it's alive. Yup. There's a scene where a small explosion sends a crew member, stuck on some debry, flying out of the atmosphere from the gas planet they are on... and then he decides to just fly back in his space suit... Not at all being crushed by the immense gravity, as he softly glides to the window of the Event Horizon... This movie...

Making this review longer would suggest there's anything in it worthy to be taking seriously. The best thing I can say about it, is that it is so bad that it almost becomes good. I would rather watch this again than Alien: Covenant and The Predator, and even The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 2. But then again, that's like comparing having your teeth pulled out instead of braking a toe.

It is a bad, dumb movie. I give it a 4/10.