Supernova (eng)
'Supernova' chronicles the search and rescue patrol of a deep space medical ship and its six-member crew. When their vessel, the Nightingale 229, answers an emergency distress signal from a distant galaxy, the crew soon finds itself in danger from the mysterious young man they rescue, the alien artifact he smuggled aboard and the gravitational pull of a giant star about to go supernova - the most massive explosion in the universe.
Starring: Angela Bassett , James Spader , Peter Facinelli , Lou Diamond Phillips , Robert Forster .

As far as sci-fi thrillers go, 'Supernova' failed to deliver that X-factor that would make it memorable. There was the periodic déjà vu feeling of 'oh uh, that looks familiar', which particularly reminds me of 'Sphere'.

The only difference here is that the space ship in question is medical ship Nightingale 229, with its six-man crew, is somewhat like a stand-by ambulance in space. They received a distress call from a former mining colony some hundreds of light years away, so far that they have to dimension jump to get there. The special effects for this jump is great. Think of Han Solo's Millennium Falcon when it goes light-speed, only way better. Which it should be considering that Star Wars was made some 20 years ago. The only decent special effects in the entire movie worth a mention.

From there, everything gets so predictable. With the captain dead as a result of the intense dimension-jump, recovering Hazen addict (the space-age drug) co-pilot Nick Vanzant (James Spader) takes command and the six-man crew dwindled to five. Angela Bassett plays chief medical officer Dr Kaela Evers, with a non-smiling serious 'I-got-a-chip-on-my-shoulder' attitude. Apparently, recovering from a failed relationship does that to people. Yerzy and Danika (Lou Diamond Philips and Robin Tunney) are two young med-tech lovers who can't keep their hands off each other in the boredom of space; and young Benjamin (Wilson Cruz) has a flirtatious relationship with the ship's computer called Sweetie which can't seem to shut-up for five minutes.

Spader has apparently worked out to get the lean former fighter-pilot look, a far-cry from the I-am-dead-tired look in 'The Watcher', but in his effort to woo the sullen face doctor, there was totally no chemistry at all between him and Bassette. Total zero, total waste.

So the crew picked up the sole survivor from the mining colony, a hotshot space scavenger Troy (played by Peter Facinelli, failing miserably in oozing Tom Cruise charm) who brought an alien artifact onto the ship and, surprise surprise, turns out not to be who he says he is. So what's new?

Overall, it's turns out to be a pretty conventional tale of deep-space peril. Rather disappointing considering the pool of talented actors. It's not that bad, though it could be better.