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Event Horizon (1997)
Rate:
2
Viewed:
5/24
5/24:
Um...what the hell is this?
Director Paul W.S. Anderson has to decide whether he wants to tell a story or focus on special effects. Failing to entertain me
on both counts, he manages to turn Event Horizon into a boring clunker that's primarily about gore. In a way, it's a
rip-off of Aliens with some Hellraiser stuff, but there
are barely any monsters or horror.
Laurence Fishburne is wasting his time here. He's too talented for this rubbish. Sam Neill sure likes doing extremely weird
films, huh? The list goes on and on: Possession,
In the Mouth of Madness, Victory, and
now this.
I thought there were gaps between some scenes given the awkward transitions. Well, it turns out to be correct because there's an
original 130-minute cut of the film. Thankfully, it got pared down to 96 minutes to save me from the boredom. The setting takes
place in 2047? Yeah, sure...they should make that 3047 because what I had seen isn't remotely possible anytime soon.
All in all, Event Horizon isn't a movie but a masturbation of special effects and gore.