2010 THE YEAR ME MAKE CONTACT (1984)
Even though the 1968 Stanley Kubrick film 2001: A Space Odyssey is widely regarded as an all time masterpiece (see review posted 28/04/15) not everybody was satisfied with its ending. Among these, so it seems, was the original author, Arthur C. Clark. Maybe that is what prompted him to write and publish the follow-up novel in 1982 called "2010: Odyssey Two". And it is on this novel that Peter Hyams based his 1984 sequel.
Starring Roy Scheider, John Lithgow and Helen Mirren a joint US/USSR mission to Jupiter is put together nine years later in an effort to find out what happened to Discovery and its crew. But just as the mission enters its most critical stage, our astronauts on the Russian Leonov spacecraft learn that their respective countries broke all diplomatic ties and are on the brink of war. This means that they too are now technically enemies which puts the entire mission in jeopardy and with that also their lives...
Some might reason that this film falls short from being a worthy successor to the original; that it is more concrete and less mystical; that it leaves more questions than answers. But taken on own merits, this is in all aspects actually a very good movie. However, as the say, the proof of the pudding is in its eating. Therefor, watch the DVD and judge for yourself if you agree with my 3 out of 5 stars rating.
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