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Supernova (2000)

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Average Rating: 3.2/10
Reviews Counted: 61
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 55

This is an insult to the Sci-fi genre with no excitement and bad FX.

Average Rating: 3.2/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 15

This is an insult to the Sci-fi genre with no excitement and bad FX.

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Movie Info

In the early years of the 22nd century, a medical rescue team is traveling the netherworlds of deep space, waiting to answer emergency calls aboard what amounts to an interstellar ambulance. Captain Marley (Robert Forster), pilot Vanzant (James Spader), medical officer Evers (Angela Bassett), medical technician Penalosa (Lou Diamond Phillips), paramedic Lund (Robin Tunney), and computer technician Sotomejor (Wilson Cruz) pick up a distress signal from a group of workers involved in a mining

PG-13, 1 hr. 30 min.

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Walter Hill , Jack Sholder

Written By: David Campbell Wilson

In Theaters: Jan 14, 2000 Wide

On DVD: Aug 15, 2001

MGM/UA

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Cast

James Spader
Nick Vanzant
Angela Bassett
Kaela Evers
Robert Forster
Captain A.J. Marley
Lou Diamond Phillips
Yerzy Penalosa
Peter Facinelli
Karl Larson
Robin Tunney
Danika Lund
Wilson Cruz
Benj Sotomejor

Critic Reviews for Supernova

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Murky and dull.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

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A decent enough thriller.

January 1, 2000 Comment

John Anderson

Newsday

Top Critic

A perfectly enjoyable sci-fi thriller.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Jonathan Foreman

New York Post

Top Critic

A Frankenstein monster, with more obvious story patches, post-dubbed exposition, and missing money shots than most straight-to-video fare.

January 1, 2000 Comment

Michael Atkinson

Mr. Showbiz

Top Critic

Goes nowhere and when it gets there, it's not anywhere.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Stephen Hunter

Washington Post

Top Critic

Supernova, though predictable, isn't half bad.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Peter Stack

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

If the 20 minutes of deleted scenes on the DVD had been inserted back into the actual film, Supernova would have been much better.

October 10, 2005 Comment

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

...the supernova business is only a tiny fraction of the movie's story line, just enough, I suppose, to justify its title.

April 16, 2002 Comment

John J. Puccio

Movie Metropolis

Hill disciples will no doubt find it a fascinating film.

February 21, 2002 Full Review Source: Matinee Magazine

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Chuck Rudolph

Matinee Magazine

a half-baked science fiction rip-off that manages to be both excruciatingly simplistic and utterly incoherent at the same time

February 27, 2001 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

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It looks like very few people like "Supernova." A spaceship that is carrying a crew of people that are involved in the medical field, picks up a mysterious drifter named Karl (Peter Facinelli). Karl is a mystery by himself, but he brought along an equally mysterious space artifact. Will Karl and this strange object

September 11, 2009