Sphere (DVD 1998)

Powerhouse cast in an exciting science fiction thriller. A gigantic spaceship is found deep in the sea and scientists work out it has been there for more than 300 years. Is it alien or is it somehow a time-warped U.S. craft? These puzzles and more confront a special team of invesigators - Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone and Samuel L. Jackson - in a terrific underwater adventure.

Actually it was a video I was given for my birthday. I like Dustin Hoffman and was interested in what part he was taking.
As the film progresses you jump from one player to the other wondering which is the one doing the controlling.
The end is very unexpected.
After keeping me gripped, I felt a bit let down at the end as though the writers had to finish the story, but didn't know how.

it was difficult to understand but i got it by the end i love films that get me thinking so thanks x

I purchased this film after seeing Dustin Hoffman in Outbreak. The acting was good but not brilliant. The effects are quite interesting and the film has a number of great twists. Good film and interesting.

Plot:

In the middle of the South Pacific, a thousand feet below the surface of the water, a huge vessel rests on the ocean floor. Rushed to the scene is a group of American scientists who descend to the depths of the sea to investigate this astonishing discovery. What they find defies their imaginations and mocks their attempts at logical explanation. It is a massive spaceship, undamaged from it's fall from the sky-and at least three hundred years old.

Has got loads of great actors in it, you dont really know what is going until the very end (so it has a great twist) Really well produced and filmed. If I could twin it with a movie along the same lines...........????????? MMMMMMMM
Would be "Event Horizion" but not as scary.

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I liked this movie as much as I liked the book. It has a great cast and Micheal Crichton’s intelligent plot works was well on the big screen. I loved the novel ending, differing slightly from the book, but I thought that it was beautifully done and gave the story a new dimension.

A strong Hollywood cast star in this above average sci-fi yarn. (Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L Jackson, Sharon Stone). Something lies at the bottom of the ocean and the US government get their best boffins on the case to discover what it is and where it came from. With a solid plot and good acting, it proves itself to be better than the stereotypical childish effects films. Director Barry Levinson provides great visuals that make the spooky underwater environment come alive. The film is a psycological mystery thriller that keeps you guessing to the very end. It has good dialogue and is more concerned with characters and their development than with cool looking ways of killing them off. Based on Michael Crichton's book.

Read the book first, liked it a lot, saw the film and was pleasantly surprised that the good old US of A hadn't gone overboard with blowing things up. As a sci-fi fan, I get fed up of fast paced in your face shoot em ups, this film, in my thoughts, was a;pt more subtle. Anyway gotta go, things to do.

TTFN.....John W