2010 (1984 - PG)

In this Peter Hyams-directed sequel to Stanley Kubrik's 2001: A Space Odyssey, ex-NASA chief Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider) leads a joint American-Soviet mission of scientists (including John Lithgow and Helen Mirren) to Jupiter, in an attempt to rendezvous with the abandoned Discovery spacecraft and conduct a forensic investigation of its ill-fated mission. Once there the new crew encounters forces as enigmatic and potentially dangerous as those experienced by former astronaut David Bowman. A discovery is also made about the lethal malfunction of the infamous HAL-9000 computer.

This film could be compared to "Meteor." 2010 features action and FX. Roy Scheider (Sea Quest), is dynamic as the U.S. mission head. The Special Visual Effects are special indeed. Scheider's conversation with a long missing astronaut is one of the highlights of this movie.

The cast includes: Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, and Keir Dullea.

Directed by Peter Hyams.

The 2010 Review