The read
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do. Most of the 594 2000s science fiction movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. What they find is a black hole--that threatens to destroy both ships--and a mysterious survivor whose body quickly mutates into a monstrous and deadly form.
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes12%
Metacritic19/100
Audiences rate it 30 points higher than critics do.
451 audience votes
Key crew
- Walter HillDirector
- David C. WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- David C. WilsonScreenplay
Cast
- James SpaderNick Vanzant
- Angela BassettKaela Evers
- Robert ForsterA.J. Marley
- Lou Diamond PhillipsYerzy Penalosa
- Peter FacinelliKarl Larson
- Robin TunneyDanika Lund
- Wilson CruzBenj Sotomejor
- Eddy Rice Jr.Flyboy
- Knox WhiteTroy Larson
- Kerrigan MahanTroy Larson (voice)
- Vanessa MarshallSweetie (voice)
- Kevin SizemoreRescue Leader (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
futurestarshipsupernovablast