Laughable, Over-The-Top Sci-Fi Glop

Rating: 4/10 (17 June 2014)

Me thinks - Event Horizon was just your typical "shock-the-audience-before-they-fall-asleep" type flick. I really had to laugh at how hard this film tried & tried & tried (ho-hum) to shock the socks right off of me. But, unfortunately, it failed quite miserably.
I mean, I really couldn't take this whole bungled mess seriously, especially when it came to the "Shades-of-Hellraiser" stuff and the inevitable possession of Sam Neill's character, Dr. Weir.
Like, c'mon, already. Neill (portraying pure evil, personified) was about as demoniacally frightening as a frickin' tootsie pop, for crying out loud.
Set in the year 2047, a rescue mission is launched to Neptune where an exploration ship known as the Event Horizon inexplicably reappears as mysteriously as it vanished 7 years earlier.
The Horizon's crew is gone (wait till you find out where), but there's clearly a disturbing presence aboard (a literal understatement) that appears to be somehow connected to some "black hole" business which supposedly warps space.
Striking set-designs, impressive visuals, and an intriguing premise do nothing to alleviate the sheer boredom, and laugh-ability, that quickly sets in with this decidedly weak, Sci-Fi entry from 1997.