Grab-bag of 'supernatural' horrors in space

Rating: 4/10 (23 April 2005)

EVENT HORIZON
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1 (Panavision)
Sound formats: Dolby Digital / DTS
In 2047, an interstellar rescue team boards a spacecraft in orbit around Neptune which has been missing since disappearing through a black hole, and they're stalked by an alien presence which uses their worst fears against them.
Paul Anderson's overblown space shocker has a great cast (including Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Joely Richardson and Kathleen Quinlan) and some eye-popping space vistas, but the storyline doesn't amount to very much, and the set-pieces are variable in quality and effectiveness. Fantastic visual effects, gruesome "Hellraiser"-style imagery in places. Well made, and certainly watchable, but equally missable.