Event Horizon

Event Horizon 1997

• Director: Paul Anderson
• Based on the book: no
• Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee, Holly Chant
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Laurence Fishburne – Passengers, Man of Steel, Contagion, Bobby, A as in Akeelah, The Matrix x 3, Mystic River, Othello, What’s Love Got to Do with It, Boyz n the Hood, Class Action, The Color Purple, Rumble Fish
• Sam Neill – A Long Way Down, Skin, Little Fish, Merlin, Jurassic Park, The Piano, Ivanhoe
• Kathleen Quinlan – SGU Stargate Universe, The Doors, Independence Day, American Graffiti
• Joely Richardson – Return to Me
• Richard T Jones – Terminator the Sarah Connor Chronicles, Moonlight Mile, What’s Love Got to Do with It
• Jason Isaacs – Case Studies, Harry Potter, Nine Lives, Sweet November, Armageddon
• Sean Pertwee – UFO, Doomsday, Swing Kids, Prick Up Your Ears
• Why? Evidently, it’s a sci fi classic. Good cast, too
• Seen: 26 July 2020      

       The year is 2047. Fishburne is the captain of a spaceship sent out to rescue the Event Horizon, launched years earlier to explore the far reaches of space but disappeared. Neill is the scientist sent along because he’s the one who built the ship and knows all the technology.

       They find the Event Horizon, and things happen. It’s too exciting to watch and write. Bye for now.

       OK, I’m back. It’s suspenseful, spooky, scary. It’s like a grim Doctor Who with no Tennant, Capaldi or Whittaker to rescue them.

       It starts out as an intelligent sci fi film but sadly it disintegrates into explosions and even a fist fight. A pity. But exciting and entertaining enough.

3* of 5