Review of Event Horizon (1997) by Stuart K — 24 Mar 2011
From Paul W.S. Anderson, fresh off Mortal Combat (1995), he was offered this big sci-fi film, described as "The Shining in space", and Anderson references Kubrick alot throughout this film, as well as Ridley Scott's Alien.
It's derivative to say the least, but it's cheesy sci-fi hokum to pass 90 minutes by. Set in 2047, it has a rescue vessel called Lewis and Clark searching for a lost starship called Event Horizon.
The team looking for the ship are Captain Miller (Laurence Fishburne), Lieutenant Starck (Joely Richardson), pilot Smith (Sean Pertwee), Medical Technician Peters (Kathleen Quinlan), Engineer Ensign Justin (Jack Noseworthy), Rescue Technician Cooper (Richard T.
Jones), and Trauma Doctor. D.J. (Jason Isaacs) and Event Horizon's designer Dr. William Weir (Sam Neill). They come across Event Horizon in the orbit of Neptune, and find the ship deserted. Weir tells the crew that Event Horizon was used to test an experimental gravity drive and create artificial black holes in space.
When Justin is pulled through the ship's gravity drive's core, the it sends the crew insane, seeing visions of their worst fears, of things yet to come. Miller suspects there's more to Weir than meets the eye.
It's a good film, although the CGI for it's day was a little ropey, and the model effects come off stronger, Anderson wasn't done with sci-fi, and followed this up with Soldier (1998), which nearly killed his career.
This review of Event Horizon (1997) was written by Stuart K on 24 Mar 2011.
Event Horizon has generally received positive reviews.
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