First, it has a general spooky quality about it. Feeling like "The Shining" (1980 with Jack Nicholson) in space, this film stands apart from nearly every horror film made in the past decade. Based on the 1972 Soviet film, "Solaris," this film borrows its plot - an entity reads minds and displays the results with the main character being visited by his dead wife - and jolts it up a degree. Listening to the audience react is nearly as much fun as watching the movie, although you can easily forget anyone else is in the theater while getting drawn into the story. First come the screams, followed by the nervous laughter that shows how much we appreciate the clever scare tactics. With as many jump scenes as a roller coaster has hills, this film elicits the same visceral response. Masterfully balancing sci-fi, horror and action, "Event Horizon" is a superbly made film that feels just like a thrilling amusement park ride. OUR TAKE: 8 out of 10 For those of you who think that "Scream" and other recent horror films are frightening, take our word for it - get yourself to a theater to see what scary really is. LAURENCE FISHBURNE plays the gruff captain of the rescue ship who must do what he can to get out of a weird, deadly situation.SAM NEILL plays a scientist who slowly becomes possessed by the ship and won't let anyone leave and kills people who try to.WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: R The reason was not available, but we'd guess it was for intense, frightening scenes, profanity, violence, and copious amount of blood. WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT? If they're fans of horror or sci-fi films they most likely will. Soon Wier seemingly becomes possessed by the ship and it's all Miller and his crew can do to get off it. As Wier is "visited" by Claire, his dead wife, Miller has an encounter with a dead former crew mate, Peters sees her injured son, and the others have similarly spooky encounters. Once inside, they realize that something has returned with the ship from its distant travels, something that can read their minds and display or recreate their worst fears and memories. Finding that something horrible happened to the original crew, they board the dead ship and reactivate her controls. William Wier (SAM NEILL), the scientist who designed the ship, along with the crew consisting of Smith (SEAN PERTWEE), the pilot, and Starck (JOELY RICHARDSON), Peters (KATHLEEN QUINLAN), Cooper (RICHARD T. A rescue ship, the "Lewis & Clark," helmed by Captain Joe Miller (LAURENCE FISHBURNE), heads to Neptune where the Event Horizon is in orbit. PLOT: It's the year 2047 and the "Event Horizon," a ship designed to bend the space time continuum, has been found after being lost for seven years. QUICK TAKE: Sci-fi/Horror: A group of astronauts boards a spaceship that's been missing for seven years and discover that it's returned with a horrifying secret. (1997) (Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill) (R)
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