Review of Event Horizon (1997) by Jason D — 27 Sep 2009
Event Horizon is the story of a rescue crew in space who have set out to investigate the return of a thought to be long gone ship, the Event Horizon, which was designed the travel faster than light by creating black holes to go through to reach the other end of their destination.
Leading the film is tough leader Laurence Fishburne (one of his best roles), as well as Sam Neill (likewise), who plays the developer of the Event Horizon. As the crew enters the Event Horizon, the evil force that haunted and killed the original crew when they passed through their first black hole now starts to haunt and kill the new crew.
The rest of the cast is rounded out nicely by Joely Richardson, Kathleen Quinlan, Jack Noseworthy, Sean Pertwee (whom I enjoyed a lot in this film), Richard T. Jones (seemingly cliched black comic relief, but does actually deliver some funny lines), and Jason Issacs (great character, would have loved to have seen him fleshed out more).
When Director Paul W.S. Anderson (AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Resident Evil) wants to, he can make a really good movie, and Event Horizon is a perfect example. This is my favorite film from him. Some say the film has aged a lot in the 12 years its been out, but I disagree.
The film packs enough moody sci-fi action and sheer horror to keep me entertained every time I view this. The cast works great, especially when its small-scale and full of popular names (at least, to me) who are fun in their roles.
This has and will remain to be one of my favorites. Great movie.
This review of Event Horizon (1997) was written by Jason D on 27 Sep 2009.
Event Horizon has generally received positive reviews.
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