Science Fiction & Fantasy

Advantages: Excellent storyline, brilliant effects
Disadvantages: It's loooooooooooooong

In the mid-1960s Stanley Kubrick wanted to make a science-fiction movie which would deal with the space exploration and the prospect of the existence of extra-terrestrials. He had previously made the satirical DR. STRANGELOVE, which with its theme of nuclear destruction skirted the genre. Here however, working with the acclaimed science-fiction author Arthur C. Clarke, Kubrick came up with the science-fiction classic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. The film ...
...science-fiction film ever made, whereas others end up baffled and bored. The movie is divided up into four episodes. The first is set millions of years in the past. The second is set at the start of the 21st Century and follows a journey to the moon during which Dr Heywood Floyd visits an excavation which has uncovered an alien artefact which has been buried for a very long time. The third episode moves the story forward by 18 months and follows ... Read review

Advantages: Retains some sense of enigma
Disadvantages: Poor special effects, poor music, poor acting, poor directing

...subtitles and scene access. 2010 isn't so much the year we make contact as the year the Space Odyssey story continues. After the USS Discovery spaceship was lost near Jupiter with its computer malfunctioned and its crew missing or dead, a joint US-USSR mission is sent out to discover what happened. Their only clue is the last transmission of the astronaut David Bowman - "My God, it's full of stars!" The story begins with the enigmatic atmosphere ...
...of a powerful cosmic mystery, 2010 ploughs linearly through a step-by-step revealing of 2001's secrets in a way that betrays the depth of its questions by delivering overly simplistic answers. We discover why the HAL 9000 computer malfunctioned, and some of what happened to David Bowman - but thankfully the film leaves several questions open - and this is better than it answering every question in the same overly simplistic manner. Directed by Peter ... Read review

Advantages: One good and one reasonable film
Disadvantages: None really

The 6th Day (2000) Details Director: Roger Spottiswoode Main Cast: Arnold Schwarenegger, Robert Duvall, Michael Rapaport, Wendy Crewson, Tony Goldwyn Genre: Sci-Fi / Action Plot In the cliched Sci-Fi setting of the near future, cloning technology has advanced to the stage whee some scientists claim that complete human cloning is possible, however this is still technically illegal. That does not stop a sinister corporation ...
...when good everyday american family man and ex-US Air Force pilot Adam Gibson (Schwarzenegger) comes home from work one day to find that a clone has replaced him. If that is not enough there are also a number of assasins keen to wipe out the remaining evidence, otherwise known as Gibson's life. He must struggle not only to stay alive but also to solve the mystery of who is behind it all in an attempt to reclaim his life. Review Somewhat ... Read review

Advantages: Great graphics
Disadvantages: A bit hard to follow at the beginning

...able to transform it into a sort of an adult cartoon. The story will be a bit hard to understand at the beginning but as you go on watching, you will realize this is a sci-fi film and should be treated as such. Keanu Reeves' and Robert Downey Jr.'s performances in particular are outstanding. The ending might leave you with a few questions but it does leave you to ponder over drugs and the government. A must see for any movie buff who is interested ... Read review

Advantages: Good Idea/ Presented Well
Disadvantages: Rubbish CGI Effects/ Acting at times is dire

...2055, Sound of Thunder is a Sci Fi Adventure that resembles a cross between The Butterfly Effect and Alone in the Dark. Released in 2005 you can get a copy of this film for around a fiver (£5). Story - Set in the future where many of the animals that exist today have all become exstinct because of hunters and a deadly virus, a company called Time Safari lets 'clients' with a huge bank account time travel back 65 million years and kill a dinosaur. ...
...story itself is based on a short sci fi story and the director has portrayed it well on screen. Its not only a fascinating story but one that gets you thinking also. Full of evolved animals Gorilla cross Dinosaurs hunt the team down as well as huge bats, man eating plants and huge sized eels. Even the humans change as evolution eradicates human existance all because of something that was changed in the past. Its not an original idea however - as ... Read review