The screen play for Event Horizon is for the most part decently crafted. An intriguing story filled with disturbing images and themes of another dimension comprised of the most evil of things. What the screen play lacks is the ability to delve into any character emotions or foundation for change. All the elements are present to make it a good screen play involving the inciting incident, plot points, and an exciting climax.
The inciting incident occurs when the rescue team receives a disturbing distress call and location of the Event. After finding the lost space vessel the first plot point comes when they do a life scan of the ship and find no actual life forms present but some form of biological readings are present throughout the whole ship. Once on board the Horizon, they find no evidence of anyone left alive, but the team can’t figure out what the biological readings are. The second plot point happens when the crew realizes that by traveling through the black hole the crew of the Event ended up in a different dimension that resembles a place of Hell. Sheer terror, pain, and chaos torments the fragile minds of the crew members. The rescue team comes to the conclusion that whatever they found by traveling through the black hole resides on the Event and wants to take the rescue team to the other dimension.
The climax occurs when Doctor Weir gives in to the power of the unexplained forces at hand and becomes the tool of destruction for taking the team to a place of hell. Captain Miller sacrifices his life to the save the remaining crew of the rescue team and take out Doctor Weir by blowing up the Event and the gravity core. Was it enough to destroy the evil presences that continue to linger in the minds of the survived crew members?
Written by: Philip Eisner
