Die Hard .... In Space

Rating: 7/10 (23 August 2007)

Now I love this film for the sum of its parts... Steve Buscemi as Rockhound - a great actor and some of his one liners are excellent. Peter Stormare as the Cosmonaut is damn funny, and many of the actors all add something. Bruce Willis hits a chord with me as a Father, as I was in poor health and possibly leaving my only daughter. Willis had me laughing at the beginning when he tried to shoot Ben Affleck and then I was in tears as he said goodbye to his daughter. Is it 2001 A Space Odyssey, no it is not (but then I think that is highly over-rated) and am I a pretentious critic? No - I will watch a film on its merits and judge it for that. If they had tried to portray this film as a deep and meaningful comment on the human races attitude to our planet, then yes it failed miserably. Personally, I thought it was an ENJOYABLE film bit OTT in places, bit predictable in others but worth watching overall.