Nightflyers

In my defence the poster lured me in when I first saw this. Well done to its marketing department for that at least but everyone else, except the special effect team, need to hang their heads. It could have been good as there was potential here despite its derivative nature. However, the clichéd plot and lousy dialogue, uneven acting (to be charitable) and wonky direction sink this 100 fathoms deep. There's worse of this ilk out there though and very undemanding retro sci-fi lovers may gleam some small enjoyment from it but probably not much...

I think a lot of people will absolutely miss the point of this show, and become over focused on the gore- it's a classic gory horror flick but it is also highly psychological and addresses the nature of the mind, time, space, grief, and human connection/ what it is to be human. Great Show, give it a shot in spite of the bad reviewers who really seriously need to go and read some classic sci-fi.

This is a science-fiction movie inspired by a novella written by George R. R. MARTIN with an interesting storyline and special effects, but bad acting and mediocre directing (pointless voice-overs, plot dumps, confusing segments). Some parts seem to have been borrowed from 2001 : A Space Odyssey (KUBRICK 1968), others from Blade Runner (SCOTT 1982); even force-like lightning bolts (as seen in the Star Wars series) can be seen.

This had some great scenes and some really bad ones. Not really sure what to think of this. Interesting and watchable but don't expect too much from the ending.

the fx is pretty good for a movie on a budget... but for one thing. the "medical droid" actually being an armatron from radio shack, mounted upside down and lowered to work on the patient! hahaha for an example... http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/Armatron.html

Terrible movie about an inexplicably enormous space ship, in the distant "21st Century" with a skeleton crew. The movie is held together by only the barest semblance of a plot and for the most part plays out like a daytime soap opera.

Nightflyers is another one of those 80's films that I always wanted to see just for the VHS/Poster artwork alone. After many many years I was finally able to view this seemingly lost film and it just proves how much better video artwork can be compared to the movie underneath it. Is Nightflyers a total waste? Oh no as it as a lot going for it plus it with it's interesting Blade Runner / 80's New Wave mish mash style and of course it also stars the gorgeous Catherine Mary Stewart. I feel in love with her when I was a kid after watching her in Night of the Comet, The Last Starfighter and Weekend at Bernie's. When the film does get to a bad stretch, it's always nice to forget about its flaws and just oogle at her beauty on screen. Nightflyers is basically are more simplified, 80's new wave retelling of the last act of 2001: A Space Odyssey without the intelligence. A group of scientists (lead by Catherine Mary Stewart) are sent out on a mission to track down an omnipotent alien life form cruising around the galaxy. While on their mission our computer goes haywire and starts killing off our crew when the ship's captain (bound to the ship by being ill, thus being our computers only friend) decides that he wants to leave the ship. As you can tell the plot is just a rehash of much better science fiction films. Our computer over sees our crew with a "red eye" in walls (hell Hal-2000!) and it opens pod bay doors to kill off crew and even locks crew members outside of the ship while they are in little pod like spaceships. Apparently the filmmakers can play the story off as new because they give the film a cool new wave 80's look to it. I will give the film credit as a has a great look to it. I found the Blade Runner look and lighting mixed with 80's new wave hair, outfits and camera shots rather interesting. The look of the film did keep my attention when the plot failed to interest me. I really dug the shot at the beginning of the film with Catherine Mary Stewart's narration and it how it shows her with awesome mirrored sunglasses which reflect the rest of the crew. It's almost straight out of an 80's music video. The cast is also good with decent acting helping the flawed plot along. I also really liked Catherine Mary Stewart's character as she was smart, courageous, beautiful and a good human being all at the same time. Actually I think this film hardened my crush on Catherin even more! If Lionsgate ever decides to release this flawed science fiction film on DVD I would actually buy it even though I wasn't whole heartedly impressed with it. I dug the dark 80's style and the cast was great. Plus I am guaranteed to buy anything starring Catherine Mary Stewart, one of the most gorgeous actresses of the 80's if you ask my humble opinion.

Cheesy and cheap sci-fi film, poor special effects. On one had, there is some imagination used, on the other hand, no imagination whatsoever to disguise the fact it was made in the 1980's. The make-up and hairstyles are SO 1980's. Another case of a plot sounding good but somehow didn't end up that way. Low budget production, unimpressive special effects.

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"Nightflyers" is essentially "2001" meets "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble," by way of "Event Horizon." If that sounds terrible, that's because it is. The plot is all over the place, the characters are either irritating as hell, or little more than background scenery (but all are poorly written), and what logic there is isn't even internally consistent. And to top it all off, it drags considerably, even when there's a space zombie attacking someone, and electrical psychic death rays shooting all over the place. Though, the film is noteworthy as containing the only space ship I've ever seen that appears to be partially carved from stone. Seriously. It has marble pillars. The only thing saving "Nightflyers" from a much lower rating is the fact that it's relatively easy to lampoon, if you're so inclined. If you're not, then I'd recommend not even wasting your time.