Event Horizon

Event Horizon (1997)

Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson

Screenplay by Philip Eisner

Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee, and Holley Chant

When I was looking at YouTube videos, I heard about the director did not work on Mortal Kombat: Annihilation to work on this. Anderson made the right decision.

The year is 2047. The spaceship, Lewis & Clark is on a mission to figure out how the previously missing ship, Event Horizon, mysteriously reappears in the outer orbit of Neptune seven year later.

I thought the movie was going to be dumb. The "science" of the movie is utter nonsense. I mean, exposition dump heavy during the first fifteen minutes. It made me roll my eyes.

Can somebody tell me how the hell can you board a ship, go to stasis, wake up and then be introduced to the crew of the ship?

There is way too many chyrons. I don't really care about them. Tell us where the action is taking place. Too many letters on the screens. Oh, boy.

The jump scares. You know, I hate lame jump scares. There are oodles of noodles in here. The VFX do not hold up in slightest.

I didn't hate the film. It was trying to be Alien lite, but not. The psychological descent in the film was nice. I enjoyed Laurence Fishburne as Miller. He was a commanding leader of the Lewis & Clark. Sam Neill as Dr. Weir was strange to me. I didn't understand his motivations.

Rating: 5/10

All the Old Knives

All the Old Knives (2022)
 

Directed by Janus Metz

Screenplay by Olen Steinhauer

Based on his book of the same name

Stars: Chris Pine, Thandiwe Newton, Laurence Fishburne, Jonathan Pryce, Ahd Kamel, Jonjo O'Neill and David Dawson

The trailer of this movie intrigued me to watch it. I thought it was going to be a thrilling, spy movie, but it was not that at all.

The bare bones plot is that two former agents and lovers, Henry and Celia (Pine, Newton) reunite after eight years to have a long, drawn out discussion about the circumstances of a botched mission of a hijacked plane.

Most of the movie takes place in a restaurant where to two discuss in excruciating detail about the whereabouts, who said what to who, blah, blah, blah.

I looked at the movie wall eyed. I could not believe what I was seeing. I was bored to tears. I knew there was going to be some reveal that would piss me off. When the reveal happened, I was thinking, "What is the fucking point of this movie?" It doesn't make sense in a theatrical sense. The writer of the book wrote the screenplay. There is a difference between a book and a movie. There was a disconnect from the beginning. The movie should have been a short film in my eyes. This movie was a long commercial with the beauty shots and lenses flares galore.

I want to wipe my mind with this movie. Watch the trailer. Don't watch this movie.

Rating: 2/10