Lost in Space (3 April 1998)
directed by Stephen Hopkins
starring William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Lacey Chabert, Heather Graham, Jack Johnson, Gary Oldman, Matt LeBlanc, Jared Harris, Marta Kristen
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MPAA rating: Studio: New Line Cinema Script: Akiva Goldsman Music: Bruce Broughton Running time: 130 minutes Tags: robots; sabotage; Science Fiction; space; space travel; television; television adaptation; time travel Tactical strength: [4/10]
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for some intense sci-fi action
The Robinson family will be the first family to colonize a new planet outside Earth's solar system. Of course, a radical group doesn't see space colonization as beneficial to Earth and has started a civil war and plans to sabotage the Robinson's ship.
So with this back story you would think that the major conflict would be how the Robinsons thwarted the radicals. But the Robinson's thwart the radicals in a few minutes after the launch by saving the ship from blowing up. Yes, the Robinsons do become lost and have to deal with the treacherous Dr. Smith (Gary Oldman) and the problem of how to return home. But, in spite of the futuristic setting, writer Akiva Goldsman keeps Lost in Space firmly rooted in the problems of the 1990s. The weak relationship between John Robinson (William Hurt) and his son Will (Jack Johnson) provide the film's main conflict.
Unfortunately, the troubled relationship in space isn't interesting enough to support the entire film. But to make up for the weak plot, Lost in Space throws in scene after scene of expensive special effects. Although truly pleasing to the eye, I felt like the producers had a brainstorming session of every neat effect they could think of, and then thought of the necessary plot elements to string the effects together.
If you like science fiction films at all, then you should see Lost in Space in a theater so you can get the full effect of the special effects. But don't waste your time if you want a serious or even semi-plausible plot.
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