A spaceship in search of extraterrestrial life is in the proximity of a black hole, and spots a larger spaceship from an earlier expedition which never returned to Earth. The crew from the smaller ship decide to approach the spotted one. They are introduced to the interior of the larger ship, and meet its captain, who is conducting an experiment which will take him inside the black hole and "beyond".
Baird Searles, in his book Films of Science Fiction and Fantasy, dubbed it 2001 Leagues Under the Sea, a nickname which perfectly defines this film. There is not much I can add to the prevailing criticism regarding it; I only disagree with people who complain about its scientific inaccuracies. Movies aim to be waking dreams, not faithful simulations of physical reality. This film has many screenplay problems, and the midsection is terribly boring -- robots playing video games come to mind as the nadir of the movie. It could be remade into a masterpiece by intelligent people. The idea of escaping this world into a another one is perhaps a reflection of the time it was made. The end of the 1970s were a transition period of sorts. That is true also for the studio who produced this film, which would enter a bleak decade in the 1980s, and emerge in the late 1980s as a real corporate force, albeit producing practically only crap.
Rating: 31
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