Supernova (2000)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2000
	Director: Walter Hill (as Thomas Lee) (The Warriors, Red Heat)
	Actors:  James Spader (Stargate, Crash, Avengers: Age of Ultron), Angela Basset (Green Lantern, Olympus & London has Fallen), Robert Forster (Jackie Brown, Dragon Wars, Olympus & London has Fallen), Lou Diamond Phillips (Bats, The 33), Peter Facinelli, Robin Tunney
	Country: USA
	Genre: SF
	Conditions of visioning: 14.10.2016, VOD, 32" TV
Synopsis: A medical ship on patrol receives a distress call. They respond to it and when arriving on site discover an abandoned wandering moon near a blue giant star.
Review: I never dared watching this movie because of very bad reviews at the time it went out, but today I was in a SF mood after watching the excellent and original Lifeforce. The biggest problem with the production of Supernova was that it was started to be shot by Walter Hill (80's director of The Warriors and Red Heat and recently of Bullet to the Head with Stallone), but after many conflicts with the studio he left the boat and in the end Francis Ford Coppola (nothing less than Dracula, Apocalypse Now or The Godfather) helped finish the thing. Meanwhile there had been many reshoots and changes in the story, the ending, the actors, the general tone and the rating. So there were a lot of expectations around this movie and people could only be disappointed by the result. Watching it like I did 15 years after the fact gives me a different view. For me it is an OK Science Fiction B-movie, and the only thing I find most disturbing is the editing of the death of most characters. It looks very much like those deaths were filmed, but after the movie rating was changed to be seen by a younger audience, the most bloody scenes were cut without any material to fill in the gaps. Otherwise I liked this pure SF story and the characters in it, played by a solid bunch of actors like James Spader (Stargate, Crash, Avengers: Age of Ultron), Angela Basset or Lou Diamond Philips (The 33). It is definitely not a Masterpiece of the genre, but as I always say Space Operas are too rare to be ignored (well in that case it is more of a SF thriller in space).
Rating: 5 /10