Event Horizon

In this sci-fi/horror scarefest, Dr. William Weir (Sam Neill) is a scientist who has designed a spacecraft called Event Horizon which will explore the outer reaches of space past the planet Neptune; the ship employs a special transport mechanism that, in effect, creates a black hole that the ship ...more

Often referred to as "The Shining in space," British director Paul Anderson's follow-up to the enormously popular Mortal Kombat (1995) also bears more than a passing resemblance to Stanislaw Lem's short-story -Solaris (though with a decided slant towards the horrific). Unquestionably an exercise of style over substance, Event Horizon sustains it's running time and frequently shifting theories of time and space with solid performances by Laurence Fishburn and Sam Neil. As the captain of the ship ...more