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Summary: Marlboro Man as Space Cadet
Review: This generic sci-fi B movie is notable as being a rather blatant and absurd vehicle for the marketing of cigarette smoking as throughout the movie the characters are lighting up and smoking. At one point, when the crew gathers for an improptu crisis conference to deal with the monster onboard, the captain actually advises those gathered, "light em if you've got em" which they proceed to do! One wonders how much money the producers received from the tobacco industry to write this into the script. The scenario depicted, aside from violating public policy by skirting around laws against tobacco advertising and glamorizing smoking among the impressionable youth that often watch such movies, is actually absurd in that space ships, in addition to having a contained atmosphere that would increase the effect of the air pollution caused by smoking, generally contain a 100% oxygen atmosphere in which smoking would constitute a severe fire hazard. A dramatic and tragic example of such hazards was the fire aboard the Apollo 1 training module in 1967 that killed Gus Grissom and his two crewmates.
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Summary: Brilliant Combination
Review: As the title for this review refers to, this movie splices horror and science-fiction together in a way I've never seen before. Technologically driven horror is a great theme for any scary movie fan. As soon as the opening credits begin to roll (soaring over the Paramount mountain and up through the atmosphere), and that eerie theme begins to play, I was positive about this movie already; I was going to own it some day on video. With all that said, I'd like to include that Sam Neill and Laruence Fishburne are extraordinary actors. Their talent combined with eye-popping visual effects made this my favorite (by far) horror movie ever.
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Summary: If two hours of entrails is really your cup of tea...
Review: ....then by all means buy this movie. I think a trip to an abbatoir would be cheaper and more effective, though. What started out with an intriguing, suspenseful premise degenerated into nothing but eye-gouging and gore. I felt really cheated by the cop-out explanation: the ship had been to hell. And, I'm afraid that with that sentence I've spoiled the entire of what constitutes a plot in this movie. I wanted suspense. I wanted people going crazy in the vacuum of space, with who-knows-what hiding just around the corner. Instead, I got screaming and splatter. Sure, I was horrified, so I guess in that sense it succeeded, but really if I'm going to be holding in vomit, I at least want a plot, something that's going to make me think or engage me with some realistic characters.
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Summary: Science Fiction or Horror?
Review: EVENT HORIZON is an engaging film. I think it is good science fiction but with explorations into multiple dimensions of time and space that are not exactly meant for the squeamish or faint of heart. I enjoyed the premise of the film and also felt the convincing performances from the strong cast deserve recognition. To tell too much of the plot would give to much away but it revolves around a small group of space explorers who encounter unusual and somewhat horrific findings from the breach of the fabric of our three dimensional world. No, not monsters but something more frightening.
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Summary: In Space, No One Can Hear You [Stink]
Review: I saw this film during it's theatrical run and didn't think much of it. I saw it again recently on the Sci-Fi Channel and thought it was even worse. I don't like films that keep reminding us in very obvious ways that we should be frightened. Let's start with the Event Horizon's engines. What better way to summon the demons of hell than by using a creepy looking device with evil spiky things coming out of it. You know why the movie "Alien" was scary? Among other things, the alien itself was scary, not the ship and technology used by the crew. Now how about the message picked up by the crew of the Louis & Clark. Originally it says, "Save me." OK, a voice from beyond the grave in another dimension. That's pretty scary. Then they realize it says, "Save yourself." OK, still pretty scary. An ominous warning from outside our reality. Oh wait, there's more. "Save yourself from hell" is the full message. I see, it's 'from hell' is it? Well then, I guess I really should be scared. Oh well, it could have been worse. It could have been "Deep Rising."
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Summary: Great sci-fi thriller with a B-movie feel
Review: Paul W.S. Anderson (Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil) directed this sci-fi/horror wanna be epic about a spaceship that suddenly appears years after it had mysteriously disappeared. Laurence Fishburne stars as mission commander Captain Miller who is assigned to check out the ship with his crew, and the ship's designer Dr. Weir (played great by Sam Neil). When they arrive on the ship they discover mutilated corpses of the ship's former crew, and an extremely eerie presence aboard that awakens the crew member's deepest fears. The set design of the ship is utterly fantastic, some of the best to be seen in a sci-fi film. However, the hokey storyline (with numerous comparisons to the original Alien and Hellraiser) and numerous plot holes will have you scratching your head at some parts. The cast also includes Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Jack Noseworthy, and Sean Pertwee as Captain Miller's crew. All in all, Event Horizon is good for what it is, and is Anderson's best directorial effort to date.
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Summary: so bad, and not so-bad-it's-good
Review: This movie is excruciating to watch- it treats its ludicrous premise with unrelenting gravitas, and has nothing to offer other than some cool set design and occasionally impressive F/X. Some great acting talent is wasted in a film so bad my friends and I refer to it only as "The Movie That Shall Not Be Named." This could have been a good, campy take on all the (numerous and better) stories it gratuitously rips off, but is instead a boring, gory mess.
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Summary: Scary as heck Mullins
Review: Contrary to the Mullinian viewpoint, this movie scared the beejezus out of me. Not for the faint of heart and no, it is not a guy movie. It is a movie for all genders and creeds. the best movie ever for that genre.
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Summary: Gripping and eerie.
Review: This movie draw you in with the dark settings, atmosphere and scientifical explanation of some events. It tends to lose these qualities toward the mid-end of the movie but overall is interesting.
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Summary: scary
Review: One the best recent sci-fi movies to come out.Creepy,cool I would anyone who likes sfi-horror would love this. Stars two good actors. A must buy for sci-fi fans.
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