Supernova (2000/I)

Director:

Walter Hill

Writers (WGA):

William Malone (story) and
Daniel Chuba (story) ...

Release Date:

14 January 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

All hell is about to break loose

Plot:

Supernova chronicles the search and rescue patrol of a medical ship in deep space in the early 22nd...

Plot Keywords:

African American Woman White Man | Pregnancy | Explosion | Black Woman White Male | Interracial Sex

Cast

James Spader	...	Nick Vanzant
Angela Bassett	...	Dr. Kaela Evers
Robert Forster	...	A.J. Marley
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Yerzy Penalosa
Peter Facinelli	...	Karl Larson
Robin Tunney	...	Danika Lund
Wilson Cruz	...	Benj Sotomejor
Eddy Rice Jr.	...	Flyboy
Knox White	...	Troy Larson (as Knox Grantham White)
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Troy Larson (voice)
Vanessa Marshall	...	Sweetie (voice)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and sensuality/nudity.

Runtime:

90 min | USA:91 min (R-rated version)

Country:

USA | Switzerland

Language:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | DTS

Certification:

Philippines:PG-13 | South Korea:15 | Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:16 | Ireland:15 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R (video rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Hammerhead Productions

Trivia:

Originally developed in 1988 by director William Malone (House on Haunted Hill (1999)) as "Dead Star" with paintings by H.R. Giger and a plot that had been called "Hellraiser (1987) in outer space".

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie one of Nick's eyes is blue and one is brown. When they show him again from the side the other eye is blue.

Quotes:

Dr. Kaela Evers: Whoever they are, they're as smart as God and a lot less nice.

Movie Connections:

Features Trap Happy (1946)

supersucky

Unbelievably bad sci-fi "thriller" with a curious lack of thrills. This is one of those movies that thinks its audience is really interested in submarine-like sets and cool special effects of space warping instead of proper characterization. The dialog is so technical, and the cutting so confusing, that I had to rely on the music to tell me what was going on.

Truckloads of sex are dumped into the movie in an attempt to make it less sterile than other sci-fi films, but since we don't really know or care about the people involved in these zero gravity hookups, the result is that the movie feels like tacky softcore porn in outer space. Things improve a bit when the villain shows up, but it's a shame that he's played by a petulant brat instead of a proper actor.

Good thing Angela Bassett turned down "Monster's Ball," eh?