Event Horizon (UK)
Infinite space - infinite terror
Certificate: 18
Running Time: 92 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date:
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
The year is 2047. Years earlier, the pioneering research vessel Event Horizon vanished without a trace. Now a signal from it has been detected, and the United States Aerospace Command responds. Hurtling toward the signal`s source are a fearless captain (Laurence Fishburne), his elite crew and the lost ship`s designer (Sam Neill).
Their mission: find and salvage the state-of-the-art spacecraft. What they find is state-of-the-art interstellar terror. What they must salvage are their own lives, because someone or something is ready to ensnare them in a new dimension of unimaginable fear. Co-starring Kathleen Quinlan.
Special Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Theatrical Trailer
Video Tracks:
Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1
Audio Tracks:
Dolby Digital 5.1 English
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 Czech
Dolby Digital Surround 2.0 Hungarian
Dolby Digital 5.1 German
Subtitle Tracks:
Polish
Swedish
Finnish
Turkish
English
German
CC: English
Dutch
Arabic
Danish
Norwegian
Directed By:
Paul Anderson
Written By:
Philip Eisner
Starring:
Joely Richardson
Kathleen Quinlan
Sam Neill
Laurence Fishburne
Soundtrack By:
Michael Kamen
Phil Hartnoll
Paul Hartnoll
Director of Photography:
Adrian Biddle
Editor:
Martin Hunter
Costume Designer:
John Mollo
Production Designer:
Joseph Bennett
Producer:
Lloyd Levin
Sarah Isherwood
Lawrence Gordon
Jeremy Bolt
Executive Producer:
Nick Gillott
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures
Your Opinions and Comments
The video transfer is good. There are no compression signs and the dark scenes are nicely rendered. The CG is mostly very good, with the exception of the rather lame artificial water (and other liquids).
The DD 5.1 soundtrack is good. The surrounds are almost constantly used and the sub gets a hell of a workout.
The menus are still and silent.
The disk offers no extras at all.
Bottom line - while the plot could`ve been a bit clearer (especially by supplying some background material about the evil entity), it`s still a nice sci-fi thriller. Too bad the disk sucks.
"Event Horizon" revisited - April 2005
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Over 3 years have passed since I first watched this movie.
Watching it for the second time around actually made it less coherent.
Who are the characters? Where do they come from? What keeps them going? And what is the evil entity?
Having asked all these questions, I can only conclude and take the content`s rating from 8 to 7, thus the overall rating drops from 7 to 6.