Supernova (2000)

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Movie
German title Supernova
Original title Supernova
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2000
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Thomas Lee ( Walter Hill )
script David C. Wilson
production Daniel Chuba
Jamie Dixon
Ash R. Shah
music David C. Williams
camera Lloyd Ahern II
cut Melissa Kent
Michael Schweitzer
Francis Ford Coppola
Freeman A. Davies
occupation

Supernova is an American science fiction - Thriller by Walter Hill in 2000. The film was in Germany on 9 November 2000 on VHS releases.

action

The Nightingale 229 medical spaceship has a crew of six and is commanded by Captain Marley. The other crew members are the first officer Nick Vanzant, the doctor Dr. Kaela Evers, the computer specialist Benj Sotomejor and two other doctors. After picking up a distress call, the team makes a dimensional jump to a moon 4,000 light years away to provide assistance. Due to a technical defect, the captain is seriously injured and dies. The Nightingale is hit by asteroids and loses almost all fuel.

Shortly afterwards, a shuttle with the adventurer Troy docks with the Nightingale. Only in the later plot does it become clear that this is the outwardly changed Karl Larson, who made the emergency call. He secretly brings an alien artifact into the ship, which has already caused a mutation in him. After the crew has discovered the artifact, Troy, alias Larson, suggests bringing it to Earth, selling it there and sharing the profit with the crew. However, Vanzant refuses to take the artifact with them to Earth, as they do not know whether the artifact poses any danger. He then flies to the moon in the Nightingale's dinghy to find more fuel.

Larson, who has developed superhuman powers and enormous self-healing powers due to the mutation, then commits acts of sabotage and murders three crew members. In addition, he remotely starts the dinghy that has landed on the moon without a Vanzant on board. However, Vanzant can return to the ship with the help of an escape pod that he had taken as a precaution.

It turns out that the artifact contains nine -dimensional matter, which can turn a star into a supernova and create new three-dimensional matter. Vanzant and Evers therefore try at all costs to prevent Larson from bringing the artifact to Earth. Finally they manage to throw Larson and the artifact out of the spaceship. They are the only survivors to return to earth by means of a dimensional jump, while the artifact transforms the star that was left behind into a supernova.

Reviews

James Berardinelli wrote on ReelViews that even SF fans were disappointed by how little the film had to offer. The script lacks consistency and intelligence. The “standard ideas” of the genre would seem more worn out in the film than they are. Berardinelli praised James Spader and Angela Bassett for performing the "lame" dialogues with conviction.

The lexicon of international films wrote: “A really respectable science fiction film, under a pseudonym of action specialist Walter Hill, who tries a new genre and achieves remarkable things. However, the confused production history stands in the way of the film, whose plot has a number of 'black holes'. "

background

The film was shot at Raleigh Studios in Los Angeles . After the film was directed by Walter Hill, Jack Sholder shot a few scenes. The film was then re-cut under the supervision of Francis Ford Coppola . Walter Hill therefore appears in the credits under the pseudonym Thomas Lee .

Production costs were estimated at 60 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 14.2 million in US cinemas.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James Berardinelli: Critique of James Berardinelli. www.reelviews.net, 2000, accessed May 24, 2010 (English).
  2. ^ Supernova in the Lexicon of International Films Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used
  3. ↑ Filming locations for Supernova. Internet Movie Database , accessed May 24, 2010 .
  4. ↑ Budget and box office results. Internet Movie Database, accessed May 24, 2010 .