After the mysterious failure of the Discovery One mission to Jupiter in 2001, a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition is sent to Jupiter to uncover what led to disaster for the deceased astronauts who preceded them.
13 October 1934, Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]
1 January 1957, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
26 July 1945, Chiswick, London, England, UK
16 August 1945, Chicago, Illinois, USA
10 October 1938, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR, USSR
21 February 1937, Van Nuys, California, USA
29 July 1948, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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26 June 1937, New York City, New York, USA
4 November 1936, Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
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16 December 1917, Minehead, Somerset, England, UK
22 October 1942, New York City, New York, USA
22 May 1956, Riga, Latvian SSR, USSR
30 May 1936, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1 January 1944, USSR
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25 November 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA
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August 03, 2011
It has all the right plot elements, dramatic tension, and eye-popping special effects. The performances are uniformly good, the space-adventure scenes are excitingly handled, and the reappearance of HAL 9000 and Dullea is downright eerie.
February 09, 2006
Hyams' sequel to Kubrick's big daddy of sci-fi movies may not have the novelty of 2001: A Space Odyssey, but it is still a better film than anyone could have dared to expect.
October 23, 2004
A good-looking, sharp-edged, entertaining, exciting space opera.
August 03, 2011
Flash: There is intelligent life in outer space. More, anyway, than in this amiable footnote of a movie.
August 30, 2004
A lot of care has gone into it, but it has no satirical substructure to match that of the Kubrick film, and which was eventually responsible for that film's continuing popularity.
June 09, 2009
What is 2010 but a conservative Cold War "message" flick.
April 20, 2009
...a good, well-made, tightly-knit, nicely-acted science-fiction sequel, yet one that clearly lacks the vision and scope of its illustrious predecessor.
January 04, 2010
A much slicker, studio-friendly job than the first one was, with its much more famous cast, and its easier aesthetic.
August 03, 2011
It can't hope to compete with Kubrick, but if you can distance Peter Hyams's picture from its formidable forerunner, you'll find a thoughtful and sometimes unforgettable science-fiction fable.
October 26, 2008
A wholly thrilling, beautifully shot sequel to a sci-fi classic
November 03, 2008
A hodge-podge of bits and pieces.
January 01, 2000
Now that enough time has elapsed since the release of 2010 for outraged 2001 fans to calm down, it can be seen that, while there was no decisive creative reason for Hyams' sequel to exist, it's not a bad movie.
