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2006 · sci-fi · thriller · tv-movie

The Black Hole

Directed by Tibor Takács1h 30m2006

It's 2 A.M. in St. Louis when a routine scientific experiment goes terribly wrong and an explosion shakes the city. A scientific team investigates, clashing with an intergalactic, voltage-devouring creature that vaporizes them.

Our read: The Black Hole (2006) reads as a sombre, breathless, inventive sci-fi · thriller · tv-movie entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.

Movie DNA

Sombre, breathless, measured sci-fi / thriller, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, epic, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb3.32k
  • sombre
  • kinetic
  • inventive
  • cold
  • epic-stakes
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DNA · twelve axes

How The Black Hole feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a cheesy sci-fi TV movie creature vs black hole action.”

ends triumphantyou’ll be fine aftersteady all the waygrips by minute 12attention 2/5earns its length
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around

Skip it tonight — You want smart sci-fi or high production values.

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