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14/01/2000 Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller 1h 31m
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All hell is about to break loose.

Overview

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.

  1. Walter Hill

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. James Spader

    Nick Vanzant

  2. Angela Bassett

    Kaela Evers

  3. Robert Forster

    A.J. Marley

  4. Lou Diamond Phillips

    Yerzy Penalosa

  5. Peter Facinelli

    Karl Larson

  6. Robin Tunney

    Danika Lund

  7. Wilson Cruz

    Benj Sotomejor

  8. Eddy Rice Jr.

    Flyboy

  9. Knox White

    Troy Larson

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-06-14
Heal thyself, doctor.

The back story to Supernova is actually more interesting than the studio cut of the film that is available to view. Director's coming and going, one (Walter Hill) taking his name off the credits, butchery by studio interference, different endings, different planned thematics, shelved for two years and etc. Supernova was a messy production and sadly it shows, making Walter Hill's original cut (unavailable) the "Magnificent Ambersons" of the sci-fi genre.

Plot, in the skew-whiff edited version we are fed here, is basically a riff on Ridley Scott's Alien. Space dudes u...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$90,000,000.00

Revenue
$14,828,081.00

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