good concept, but the current result begs for a remake/rewrite

Rating: Null/10 (15 February 2004)

The opening-credits are crap, the heavy music is imho just a commercial choice from greedy producers. The minimalistic opening-style from Alien and Aliens are far more appropriate imho.
The first part of the movie is actually quite good. From a science point of view, I like the concept of worm-holes and time/large-distance travelling. I also like the title 'Event Horizon' anyway, tho it's just a black-hole-related term, I couldn't think of a better name for the ship. Even if you don't know what 'Event Horizon' means, it still looks and sound impressive in a way.
The explanation of Sam Neill about bending 3d space is good, it makes sense for people without knowledge about this stuff.
The Event Horizon itself is a great ship from a design point of view, it surely looks impressive. Sofar no complaints.
However, shortly after the crew enters the ship, the movie drops to a point where it looses it's realism and becomes over-the-top, bloody, gore and almost as if the writer was out of inspiration. The first part, where the watcher is introduced to the facts of worm-holes, and where the question what happened with the EH crew is the issue, is great. But the conclusion is a bit messy if you ask me, I was expecting a completely different conclusion.
I suggest that a writer takes this script, keeps the first part (well, except for that dream of Dr. Weir in the first minutes, in that space-station), and makes a completely new ending to it. The exterior of the EH should be kept as it is, but the intererrior should be different. Less SM'ish :)
I like Alien because -no matter if aliens excist- it feels all very realistic. There're no goofballs in the crew, and the Alien/Alien planet looks realistic to me, mainly thanks to H.R.Giger with his fairly realistic style of drawing.
The first part of EH had this same realism, tho I didn't like all characters, -some are just unrealistic if you ask me-, it wasn't entirely bad either. After the first part, the realism was gone for me.
Sam Neill as the good scientist is realistic, but Sam Neill as a scary freak somehow didn't do it for me.
I recommend watching Alien, Aliens and Alien 3.