The entire atmosphere of the film is incredibly dark and while I'm not going to give anything away, what the story attempts to do with where the ship has gone was rather unique and I think that for the most part it works. There's a brief line where a crew member talks about how far they are from safety and this scene perfectly builds up a rather dark tension because you realize that these people really are on their own with no one to help them. I thought director Paul Anderson did a fantastic job early on really making the viewer feel uneasy. There's no question that the film contains some flaws but it's also a rather ambitious film that relies just as much on its story than just the special effects. I saw EVENT HORIZON when it was first released and really couldn't understand why it gained so many negative reviews. Seven years later it reemerges so a rescue crew goes after it trying to figure out where it's been the entire time. Event Horizon (1997) *** (out of 4) Dark and sometimes disturbing mix of sci-fi and horror about the spaceship Event Horizon, which went missing shortly after its mission.
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