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Dominican Rep. 2010
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Sci-Fi
In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a joint American- Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to discover what went wrong with the U.S.S. Discovery against a backdrop of growing global tensions. Among the mysteries the expedition must explain are the appearance of a huge black monolith in Jupiter's orbit and the fate of H.A.L., the Discovery's sentient computer. Based on a novel written by Arthur C. Clarke.
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Time Out | "Hyams has not come up with a climax to match Kubrick's rush through the star-gate; but this is still space fiction of a superior kind" | POS |
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"A perfectly adequate though not really comparable - sequel " | NEU |
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"A movie more at home with technique than poetry, with character than with mystery, a movie that explains too much and leaves too little to our sense of wonderment, but a good movie all the same (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)" | POS |
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United States |
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"Hyams's attempt at a cosmic conclusion is about as earth shattering as yesterday's weather report" | NEG |
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United Kingdom |
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"Not a masterpiece, by any stretch of the imagination, but it's pleasing to see a sequel strive so hard to reach the same heights. That it fails is through no fault of its own - the original simply raised the bar too high" | POS |
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"In Peter Hyams’ hands, the HAL mystery is the most satisfying substance of the film and handled the best. Unfortunately, it lies amid a hodge-podge of bits and pieces." | NEU |
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"Almost paradoxically, 2010 may be unnecessary, but it is nevertheless a worthwhile effort." | POS |
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"A yawnfest so plodding it seems to have been made by the famous monolith itself." | NEG |
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