Scientist Dr. Weir (Sam Neill) built a spaceship that can go beyond space and time and can travel to distant solar systems faster than light. To make that possible he developed the so-called gravitation drive, that enables spaceships to cross vast distances in the shortest timespan possible.The ‘Event Horizon’ ist to fly to Alpha Centauri, but vanishes without a trace on the way there. Seven years later she suddenly re-appears orbiting Neptune, seemingly unharmed. A rescue team is sent there to see if there are any surviving crew members and they discover horrible things...

If you enjoy utterly abstruse science fiction flicks, EVENT HORIZON is the movie you should go see. But be prepared for some shocking effects that are lavishly distributed troughout the movie. Blood doesn’t flow by the liter but in hectoliters. The beginning is promising, but after about half an hour you are trapped in a third class horror show. And it’s such a nice idea to let a spaceship fly through a black hole. The concept should inspire the imagination of the script writer, but Philip Eisner probably saw too many splatter movies. Is it a childhood trauma he seeks to compensate by this script or does he simply like horror movies?

The main parts are played by two excellent actors who just don’t seem to have much luck picking out their scripts. Lawrence Fishburne is the commander of the rescue vessel who does his best to save the mission but in the end can only watch as the inventor of the ‘Event Horizon’ (Sam Neill) goes mad. Both do a good job, but they can’t compensate the weaknesses of the script. It’s simply too absurd. The two female characters for a change are not just decoration, they don’t have to shed their clothes nor do they have to serve coffee, but they don’t get a chance to act just like the rest of the cast of this demonstration of (un-) willing chaos. The music by Michael Kamen enhances this chaotic impression. I have hardly ever heard more nerve-racking sounds in a movie. They drove me out of the theater with the credits still rolling on the screen.