The latest 'Edsel' of sci-fi/horror shlock.

Rating: 3/10 (16 March 2003)

'Event Horizon' is just another big, loud, dumb movie. It's a text-book example of how 'not' to make a film. Gear up a great cast; send them into space with some pricey Hollywood special effects; and then let it all spiral down a hole about as deep and interesting as a shallow pot-hole.
Remember 'The Black Hole'? 'Event Horizon' perfectly mirrors what 'The Black Hole' did wrong almost 20 years ago. The evil that surrounds the mysterious Event Horizon ghost-ship is nothing more than a vague notion of hell. O.k., so the laws of physics have been broken a little. So what? Does that deserve eternal torture on a spinning gravity chair? We never get to see the mysterious dimension that supposedly houses this horrendous evil. We never get to see what faster-than-light travel looks like. The visions of "hell" each crew member faces, are cut so quickly, so sporadically, and so loudly, that the whole thing simulates a form of visual electro-shock therapy. It's all very unpleasant and uninteresting.
The only thing I found remotely enjoyable was Dr. Weir's (Sam Neill) explanation of his "dimensional drive". Unfortunately, it's all cut short by lame banter from the crew in the form of, "Com'on Doc! Speak English!" Wow. Talk about a shortcut to nowhere. It would appear that the writers made a dimensional jump to mediocre, unimaginative, audience condescension hell.
Do yourself a favor and rent 'In The Mouth Of Madness' instead. You'll thank me later.