2010
In the very near future, a small group of Americans and Russians set out on the greatest adventure of them all...to see if there is life beyond the stars.
1984 • 116 min • Thriller · Science Fiction
Synopsis
While planet Earth poises on the brink of nuclear self-destruction, a team of Russian and American scientists aboard the Leonov hurtles to a rendezvous with the still-orbiting Discovery spacecraft and its sole known survivor, the homicidal computer HAL.
Our family guide
Best from age 9- 100 Reviewers · 2 · 51%
- 67 Audience · 1097 · 49%
An American-Soviet crew travels to Jupiter to investigate the abandoned Discovery One and its supercomputer, HAL. They uncover mysteries about alien life and humanity's future as tensions rise on Earth.
- Violence & peril
- 3/10
- Language
- 1/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 1/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 0/10
- Scary moments
- 4/10
Heads up
- Spacecraft malfunctions and peril
- Discussions of nuclear war on Earth
What it models well
- Cooperation across nations
- Scientific discovery
- Facing the unknown
Talk about it after
- The nature of artificial intelligence
- Humanity's place in the universe
- International relations and conflict
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Top billed cast
Director: Peter Hyams • Crew: Peter Hyams
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersA much more standard affair compared to its predecessor. Given that's the case, I honestly enjoyed this more than <em>'2001: A Space Odyssey'</em> - if only because it's more closer to what I'd personally want from a film than what that 1968 flick offers, which is moreso an attempted art piece.…
RecommendedTrusted family reviewers_**Another trip to Jupiter to find answers**_ After the mysterious failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter in 2001, Dr. Heywood Floyd (Roy Scheider) resigned his position as head of the National Council for Astronautics.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.7/10 (1,097)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $28,000,000
- Box office
- $40,400,000
- Franchise
- The Space Odyssey Series
- IMDb
- tt0086837
