The Black Hole (2006)

not horrible nor great

it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

The first must-see film of the year.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

"Following a scientific mishap, mankind is faced with total annihilation as a threatening black hole appears over St. Louis. Now, time is running out to obliterate the black hole and the electricity-feeding alien it has unleashed," according to the DVD sleeve description. This film has nothing to do with either the original "Black Hole" movie or a real astronomical black hole, which could not make an appearance like the one depicted in this film. It plays more like an episode of "The Outer Limits"."The Black Hole" stars hairy Judd Nelson (as Eric Bryce) and pretty Kristy Swanson (as Shannon Muir). It was a "Science Fiction Channel" original, featuring David Selby (as General Ryker) in a substantial supporting role. Ironically, the network stopped airing repeats of Mr. Selby's "Dark Shadows" in order to present more first-run entertainment (like multiple airings of this movie). Although Selby is always a dependable player, this program made you want to see "Dark Shadows" return.*** The Black Hole (6/10/06) Tibor Takacs ~ Judd Nelson, Kristy Swanson, David Selby, Christa Campbell

No, I'm not giving this waste of time a rating either. Pretty much what has been stated already is what needed to be. In fact I wasn't even going to waste my time, but, when people pile junk science onto junk science I just can't keep still. But I digress, what this was, was a very, very sad attempt at a movie adaptation of a sci-fi novel I read in my teens in the middle-late '70s. I forget the name but remember the story because it was a "page-turner". One problem for this "movie", though", the novel was supported by a heavy dose of science fact. In a nutshell, the "hole" was an accident. The purpose was to create a "inverted" singularity, white hole, to make energy. The problem is it imploded due to some miscalculations. Now, the difference here is it was in a vacuum vessel and maintained in a magnetic vessel, too. The only thing that could be concluded that what was feeding it was zero point energy and eventually it imploded the vacuum vessel and began to sink into the ground and take the magnetic vessel with it, to a point. But, by that time the "team" and our "hero" were miles away due to radiation from the singularity. Ultimately what was done to was place a ring of large high powered artillery around it by a heroic suicide mission and they were set to fire within milliseconds of each other and shutdown of the magnetic containment, literally overloading the event horizon and causing it to re-invert. Without magnetic containment, the re-inverted singularity detonated killing all, including the team and our hero, within dozens of miles and turned Chicago into a mile deep hemispherical glass-lined crater. Better than the alternative, but pretty total. Obviously a drama based on the book, We Almost Lost Chicago, the account of the reactor accident during the Manhattan Project. No, no monster, unless you count ignorance as a monster. Now, this is what I was hoping for, but, what did I get? A stupid monster, aaah-gain. But..., NBC and the Sci-Fi channel want monsters, so, they get monsters. Even if it meant the motion picture was going to stink, they got the damn monster. And all they did was make the giant snake/insect/alligator/ into an electricity monster. Oh. By the way, if energy cannot escape from a black hole...? Well, you get my meaning.About the junk science posted by another author, Dr_Deadhorse, who claims to be a scientist; It takes a stellar mass more than three times that of our sun to implode into a black hole. How are you going to get one from the Large Hadron Collider when the energy produced in the largest experiment it will support will hardly light a reading lamp? The only thing you've got to be afraid of, sir, is your own stupidity. I've got a suggestion, stick to global warming and the Coast to Coast AM radio show and leave "Real Science" to people who ware grownup pants.Sorry folks, but as you can tell, I really despise junk science along with "junk science fiction". Don't be afraid of the LHC, it can only hurt you if you picnic next to the experiment, in the vacuum vessel it's contained in. Probably won't happen, huh?

Seargent Bennett, a woman with a modest part in the film was played by Heather Dawn? She is not listed in the film credits as far as I could tell, and IMDb has her listed as Heather Dawn playing Sgt. Heather Dawn. What's up with that? Otherwise, it's another formula sci-fi film that they've been making as of late. Entertaining, but hardly riveting. The plot is a bit too thin, and the "creature" is similar to so many others, such as at least two on the original Outer Limits series. If the president nearly okayed nuking the "Hole" to destroy it, I'm sure it would have been bombed no matter what if the current U. S. administration were portrayed!

This movie is one of the worst of the "shovelware" the Sci-Fi channel shows. The acting is awful, the plot is broken, the characters are contrived, and the end result screams "Mystery Science Theater." This is a true rotten tomato if one ever existed.On the other hand, if you're a St. Louisan, you're bound to get some entertainment out of this movie, if for no other reason than to see the local landmarks. Of course, you'll be shocked to discover that the St. Louis Science Center is, in fact, a quantum laboratory and that Busch Stadium was apparently not demolished in the way the local news claimed! The local appeal aside, this is an utterly awful movie that is only watchable if your friends like to make snide remarks during the pitiable conversations. If you like movies like "Reptillian" or "10.5: Apocalypse," watch this film. For the millions of others of you out there, run away. Far away.