Supernova [Blu-ray]

The serial killer bi-line is an interesting touch.

Supernova is not just another disaster- or `end of the world'-story which of so many have been released during the past decade, following in the footsteps of Deep Impact and Armageddon. Many of these pictures usually go with a top-notch cast of some washed-up actors (here it is: Luke Perry, Peter Fonda, Tia Carrere and - as always - Lance Henriksen). Most of these films have the typical disaster-plotline. Scientist discovers there is something cataclysmic to happen, be it regional or worldwide. No one believes him and together with an unexpected and first reluctant sidekick help (always an ex-wife or estranged colleague) he has to work out a plan to save the world. Most of the time it works and the former disengaged twosome reunite. End of story. Together with some spectacular views of fire, quakes, storms or lava another disaster flick is ready for distribution.Supernova differs from this path. There is of course the scientist (Peter Fonda) who discovered that the sun is about to explode, which will burn the entire planet. But no-one questions his outcomings. Fonda flees to the Maldives while his colleague (Perry) desperately wants to find him. Soon afterwards a journalist who finds out about this Solar Apocalypse is faced with the question to publicize this story or not. Her boss insists not to publish the story, yet unfortunately her footage is leaked on the internet, and many who have seen this are running wild. The government is also in search of Fonda and send agent Carrere to work with Perry. In the meantime Henriksen is working on a plan to bring humanity in shelters.Apart from this main plot there is a subplot. A convicted serial killer is after Perry's wife and child. This story is an interesting thriller, it does not add anything to the Supernova story. It was better to cut this from the movie.Some other critical remarks: Fonda should have been given a much larger role than he has here. We only see him in the beginning and when he flies to the Maldives, which in fact are a flat archipelago and have no mountains, unlike shown here. The outcomings of the Supernova are very disappointing, I won't spoil anything here...but you'll see what I mean.In short, Supernova is an above average disaster movie, because it dwells much less on the usual special effects. The viewer is asked questions on what he would do. Should society be warned that the end is near, while risking a people going crazy? How should you spend your last days on this planet, going nuts and doing everything God has forbidden or partying till you drop?

was sent quickly. liked movie.

Been lookimg for it finally found it

Very fast service. Excellent condition. Only problem I have is my dvd player won't play this with remote controller for some reason and therefore can't see part 2. Have to play part 1 using manual control. Have several dvd's that have this problem. I don't know what the matter is. My player is a magnavox and is only a year old.

It was not what I expected but not bad

I'm watching the end of this movie at the same time I'm typing the review. The movie was exceptionally good for it's almost three hours, some parts are kinda hard to follow. Some of the movie fails to explain itself. Why would a serial killer be stalking a certain family just to murder them from the time of his really bizarre escape? He doesn't succeed, but sinks to a watery death at the lake of the family hideout after a brief struggle.And the theory that our sun would soon expand big enough to fill the entire solar system? You see cities getting destroyed. Tokyo has a mass power failure, St. Louis is almost wiped off the map, the Taj Mahal crumples, Paris has a bizarre electric storm which causes little, if any, damage, and Sydney is hurt pretty bad. Riots are going off all over the world, and then VOILA! The moment some of our scientists discover that the end-of-the-world theory is off by a mathematical equation, the sun seems to stop fritzing out. The rain begins to fall again, and everyone's happy. But I didn't understand that with this notion that the apocalypse theory was wrong, how come the sun was sending out all this destruction in the first place? Did the sun decide one day to start PMSing for a week, then calm down into it's regular rotation again?Despite these questions having to be asked, it was all-in-all, a pretty good movie. Too bad there were no special features offered with the entire DVD, but the actors and actresses did a pretty good job.

The actors carry the story well and the action is continuous. The concept behind the story is intriguing if, perhaps, a bit unrealistic. But I don't mind that.

I WATCH THIS FILM ON TV WHEN IT CAME OUT AND ENJOYED IT THEN. IT WAS NICE TO HAVE THE FILM ON DVD

Returned as not advised it was a foreign copy

I was looking for a Christian film not science fiction. It was hokey but action packed with fair special effects.

Terrible film although there are some good familiar actors in it! Very long with too many story lines

Oh my gods!The plot makes no scene and elementary science will tell you it's nonsense.That said we loved it!OK it's a watch and pass on but at that price?