No one seems to want their name displayed on the new sci-fi thriller Supernova . His request was granted. It is also rumored that the legendary Francis Ford Coppola stepped in after Hill retreated to finish editing the film for release. Not surprisingly, his name is also nowhere to be found. A poisonous black cloud of negative buzz surrounded this notoriously troubled production from the start.
Supernova is a lifelessly dull, derivative mess of a film.
The action sequences contain no excitement whatsoever. The scenes intended to build a suspenseful atmosphere don t even begin to raise the heart-rate. I imagine stars like James Spader and Angela Bassett, who have something of a Hollywood image and are trying to maintain it, are really sweating it because Supernova was actually released. Movies are dumped here with the mild hope of a warm box office reception because the competition would be too ferocious elsewhere. In essence, Supernova is the definitive January release.