Solar Crisis

Rating:
Summary: Great for its time!
Review: After I read the reviews about this film at Amazon.com, I decided to say something, that we (the people of the 21st century!) always forget! Check out the year this movie was produced in and compare it with what was done then. I think Solar Crisis has great animations and I value it, because it played its role in its time very well. The story is well built and supported by the perfect actor's performance. But, yeah, this is not one of those tip-top sci-fi's we saw in the future and will see ahead -- Solar Crisis is a classic and has in itself something naive, something not-of-our-time, indeed. Try to compare it with the newly releaced on DVD b/w Casablanca, huh? I know, it's a great challenge to understand the spirit of the past (o yes, 20 years back in time is already a "big" past!), but we have to be objective in our judgements and never judge art from our-time perspective and presenet cultural values. (Timeship.org)

Rating:
Summary: Great for its time!
Review: After I read the reviews about this film at Amazon.com, I decided to say something, that we (the people of the 21st century!) always forget! Check out the year this movie was produced in and compare it with what was done then. I think Solar Crisis has great animations and I value it, because it played its role in its time very well. The story is well built and supported by the perfect actor's performance. But, yeah, this is not one of those tip-top sci-fi's we saw in the future and will see ahead -- Solar Crisis is a classic and has in itself something naive, something not-of-our-time, indeed. Try to compare it with the newly releaced on DVD b/w Casablanca, huh? I know, it's a great challenge to understand the spirit of the past (o yes, 20 years back in time is already a "big" past!), but we have to be objective in our judgements and never judge art from our-time perspective and presenet cultural values. (Timeship.org)

Rating:
Summary: Not bad, coming from Vidmark Ent., but not good either
Review: How they ever shanghied Charlton Heston into this movie I'll never know. Really good effects ( What did you expect from Rishard Edlund, 2010 effecter), decent acting, but stupid subplot on Earth which, unless you pay very close attention to the dialoge, has no relevence to the movie at all. The plotline aboard the Helios is good, but extremely marred by the earth bound one. The end rips off 2001, and the Widescreening of the movie hardly makes any difference

I enjoyed it somewhat. The effects make up for the bad subplot, and Charlton Heston is good as always. Good idea, which has been used in various forms for a long time, is presented in a way that makes you wish they had a bigger budget, because they were on the right track with Solar Crisis, but didn't have the money to give it the treatment it deserved. My advice, if you are a non-discriminating Sci-fi fan, get it, others beware.

Rating:
Summary: Not a bad science fiction film, could have been better
Review: I can see where some people say the FTL ending and Freddie The Bomb were influenced by 2001: A Space Odyssey. Nevertheless, the film had some good points to it. Charlton Heston did a remarkable job, as did Jack Palance, British actress Annabelle Scholfield, and some of the other actors. The character played by Tim Matheson could have been played by someone else though. Nevertheless, the Japanese filmmakers of this picture did a good job. Even the special effects and musical score by Maurice Jarre was good, too. Overall, not a bad picture. It could have been better.

Rating:
Summary: 'Entertainment Crisis' more like.
Review: I saw this DVD on the shelf and thought "...wow, sci-fi...and look at the credits." Then I saw the actors...Charlton Heston, Tim Matheson...and the plot seemed somewhat plausible...for the future anyway, so I bought it. Then I watched it the first time, then a second, and a third. I came to the conclusion that this movie was composed entirely of what was on the cutting room floor. The plot was disjointed, the most of the characters were uninspired and unbelievable (especially Matheson who couldn't act his way out of a paper bag), and despite the great special effects (2001 was touted as a credit to the sfx crew) this turkey of a movie couldn't get off the ground...much less to the sun. I give it one because, as they say; 'zero wasn't an option'. If you buy it, play the sound track to 'Event Horizon'...it makes it so much more interesting.

Rating:
Summary: 'Entertainment Crisis' more like.
Review: I saw this DVD on the shelf and thought "...wow, sci-fi...and look at the credits." Then I saw the actors...Charlton Heston, Tim Matheson...and the plot seemed somewhat plausible...for the future anyway, so I bought it. Then I watched it the first time, then a second, and a third. I came to the conclusion that this movie was composed entirely of what was on the cutting room floor. The plot was disjointed, the most of the characters were uninspired and unbelievable (especially Matheson who couldn't act his way out of a paper bag), and despite the great special effects (2001 was touted as a credit to the sfx crew) this turkey of a movie couldn't get off the ground...much less to the sun. I give it one because, as they say; 'zero wasn't an option'. If you buy it, play the sound track to 'Event Horizon'...it makes it so much more interesting.

Rating:
Summary: 'Entertainment Crisis' more like.
Review: I saw this DVD on the shelf and thought "...wow, sci-fi...and look at the credits." Then I saw the actors...Charlton Heston, Tim Matheson...and the plot seemed somewhat plausible...for the future anyway, so I bought it. Then I watched it the first time, then a second, and a third. I came to the conclusion that this movie was composed entirely of what was on the cutting room floor. The plot was disjointed, the most of the characters were uninspired and unbelievable (especially Matheson who couldn't act his way out of a paper bag), and despite the great special effects (2001 was touted as a credit to the sfx crew) this turkey of a movie couldn't get off the ground...much less to the sun. I give it one because, as they say; 'zero wasn't an option'. If you buy it, play the sound track to 'Event Horizon'...it makes it so much more interesting.

Rating:
Summary: The Worst SF Movie I ever saw.
Review: It was the first time I ever felt a need to fast forward through a video and even then I couldn't stand to watch it. Fast forwarding through all the action on earth I was dumbfounded by the impossible plot on the space ship. Special effects or not, this movie is not worth paying for, I didn't - (checked it out of the local library).

Take a hint from the Director credit: Alan Smithee - the real director did not even want his name on it.

Rating:
Summary: The Worst SF Movie I ever saw.
Review: It was the first time I ever felt a need to fast forward through a video and even then I couldn't stand to watch it. Fast forwarding through all the action on earth I was dumbfounded by the impossible plot on the space ship. Special effects or not, this movie is not worth paying for, I didn't - (checked it out of the local library).

Take a hint from the Director credit: Alan Smithee - the real director did not even want his name on it.

Rating:
Summary: I liked it, but not for the reason you think.
Review: Obviously this is not a great piece of work, the Japanese producers wanted to make an American Science Fiction movie, they just didn't know how. All of the elements are present, they just didn't blend correctly. It is however one of those movies you can't resist stopping and watching when you are channel surfing. It may not be worth the 90 minutes you lose, but if you don't have anything better to do with them then you will enjoy this movie. It is a must however for anyone who wants to make movies. It had everything going for it and it failed.