A young, buff James Spader and a professional Angela Bassett (she plays a no-nonsense doctor) are key members of a crew on a medical ship that answers an SOS in space. Like the crew of Alien, the crew in Supernova should have allowed some other med-ship to respond. Nothing goes right. The medical ship is damaged when it comes out of its trans-dimensional warp. The Captain dies. Although the cast includes Lou Diamond Phillips and Robin Tunney (the female detective and love interest on The Mentalist) the predictable plot doesn’t give them much to do. Mildly entertaining. GRADE: B-
I think this the one that had massive amounts of post-production tinkering, with even Francis Coppola being called in to help out. Glad it’s at least worth a look 🙂
Sergio, the actual space ship looks cool. But what happens inside is at times…dismal.
I can’t remember even hearing the title until now.
Patti, I missed SUPERNOVA when it was in the theaters. I didn’t watch the DVD until last weekend. There was a lot of potential with a good cast, but the story-line devolves into silliness.
Is this ALIEN Week? I did see this one years ago, but don’t really remember the details, as compared with so many other similar films.
Jeff, no, this is not ALIEN week, but next week with be a theme week. SUPERNOVA used some elements from ALIEN but the plot just didn’t hold together.