Product Details

• Actors: Kristy Swanson, Judd Nelson, David Selby, Heather Dawn, Robert Giardina
• Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Surround Sound, Widescreen
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (DTS 5.1)
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: August 1, 2006
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000BKVS1O
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,351 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Black Hole" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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BLACK HOLE - DVD Movie

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's a Disaster Film ... Literally, May 2, 2007

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Tsuyoshi (Kyoto, Japan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Black Hole (DVD)

(Not to be confused with the 1979 sci-fi film of the same title starring Maximilian Schell, Anthony Perkins and Robert Forster. But probably you won't.)

Because of the messy experiences of quantum or something, by the scientists in St. Louis, a huge black hole opens up in the middle of the facility, and is about to swallow the city itself. If you find the premise unconvincing, there's more to come, for Kristy Swanson, who did a good job elsewhere but is miscast here, appears as Dr. Shannon Muir who is responsible for the terrible job. Or maybe not. I am not sure for the film does not explain much about the experiments, but that did not particularly bother me because what really matters in this kind of film is thrill and suspense, or any entertainment value, something "The Black Hole" desperately needs.

Anyway, another scientist played by Judd Nelson is called in, who was kicked out of the research team for the reasons that are not important. What is important is how to contain this disaster within the walls, and at least Swanson and Nelson know as much as that, but sadly not the filmmakers, who have no story to tell after the initial 20 minutes except the `general' who insists on using nuclear bombs, and some not-so-exciting episodes about a strange thing, or "electric entity,' that might be related to the hole.

What is really disappointing about the film is the lack of pace and logics. I can ignore plot holes if the story goes forward and tells something new every ten minute. It doesn't happen in `The Black Hole," where things happen slowly and in a bland way, and the two main characters have little to do. The characters scarcely seem to feel danger before this global disaster, so how can we? To make matters worse, the film doesn't show the titular "black hole" much. Actually you have to see things that are not directly related to the hole itself such as episodes about a divorced wife and her daughter. And though effects are OK, disaster scenes are not so memorable because they happen so sporadically.

I like so-called disaster films and loved to see many of them made in the 70s. Those films may not be the most scientifically correct ones, but they are fun to watch, even today, with a series of thrilling set-pieces. I tried to like this film, I really did, but still I must say "The Black Hole" needs a much better story, logics, effects, acting or everything that makes more decent actions.

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not worth your time, August 4, 2006

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S. Whitmarsh "suezeew" (Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Black Hole (DVD)

The two best things I can say about this movie are 1) it is very short, and 2) I rented it so can return it asap. I don't watch movies like this for the plot (good thing!) or the cast, but for the special effects. Which in this case means a whole lot of camera shaking. It makes no sense, there are way too many holes in it, and what in the world is up with Judd Nelson's hair?

28 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This Sucked Badly. 0 out of 100., August 8, 2006

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Wisconsin Dad (Wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Black Hole (DVD)

The Black Hole is now in the Top Ten worst movies I have ever seen. It stunk in every way.

The acting was horrendous. The plot laughable. The pacing was a joke as well. The story jumped right into the action without any establishment of the characters at all.

Let's not even get started on the debate that Judd Nelson could possibly be the worst actor in the history of film. I know there have been worse performances, but on the average Judd has been consistently horrible for 20+ years.

This stinker was highly rated when it was on TV's the sci-fi channel. Poor people must have run like mad after 30 minutes. Do the same. Avoid this stinker at all costs.

Total Score (out of 100) = 0

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