Event Horizon

The sum of its parts are better than the whole, but "Event Horizon" features terrific Producrion design, strong visual effects and performances that drive the film. The script by Phillip Eisner, has a great concept but the writing could be better (there was an uncredited rewrite by "Se7en" writer Andrew Kevin Walker) and, no doubt, Paul W.S. Anderson took a crack at it as well.

The handsome production design always makes the film fun to look.

Spoiler: There are some dumb sequences in the film such as the character of Peters (played by Kathleen Quinlan) chasing her son and then falling in the core to her death is pretty dumb. It also doesn't make sense as to why Weir (Sam Neill) doesn't mention the delusions he has on the ship (acting as if nothing is happening) doesn't share what is happening to him. Is he in denial? It might have been interesting to find out a bit more about that and what drove his wife to suicide.

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The deleted scenes (some of which exist in low quality video) would have helped the film providing us with more background info but, as is, it's still entertaining with a brisk pace.

Although far from perfect, this is one of Paul W.S. Anderson's better films.