Director Barry Levinson got to adapt the novel by Michael Crichton for the big screen after he bounced back with the hit "Wag the Dog." In this psychological thriller, a group of scientists are sent under the ocean to examine a mysterious 300 year old spaceship. Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson star as the selected crew. Crichton explored the idea whether humans have the capacity to face alien life form. Levinson's film jumps from genre to genre from thriller to drama to science fiction to get the idea across but ends up without satisfy which has been better explored and executed by Andrey Tarkovskiy in his masterpiece "Solaris." YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
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Director Barry Levinson got to adapt the novel by Michael Crichton for the big screen after he bounced back with the hit "Wag the Dog." In this psychological thriller, a group of scientists are sent under the ocean to examine a mysterious 300 year old spaceship. Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson star as the selected crew. Crichton explored the idea whether humans have the capacity to face alien life form. Levinson's film jumps from genre to genre from thriller to drama to science fiction to get the idea across but ends up without satisfy which has been better explored and executed by Andrey Tarkovskiy in his masterpiece "Solaris." YRCinema's coverage of films on DVD.
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