William Hurt

Matt LeBlanc

Mimi Rogers

Heather Graham

Gary Oldman

Lacey Chabert

Jack Johnson

Jared Harris

Mark Goddard

Lennie James

Marta Kristen

June Lockhart

Adam Sims

Angela Cartwright

John Sharian

Abigail Canton

Richard Saperstein

Dick Tufeld

Gary A. Hecker

Edward Fox

Kamay Lau

Bruce Broughton

Peter Levy

Allison Cowitt

Akiva Goldsman

Carla Fry

David Lee

Nick Palmer

Stephen Hopkins

Mark W. Koch

Steven Lawrence

Irwin Allen

Mike Fenton

Mary Selway

Anna Pinnock

Vin Burnham

Ray Lovejoy

Colin Clarke

Michael Schlingmann

Greg Powell

David Holmes

Kris Wiseman McIntyre

Michael De Luca

Robert Rehme

Chris Carreras

Tim Hampton

Mace Neufeld

Michael Ilitch Jr.

Stefna Borges

John Heath

Ronald Eng

Kevin Ahern

Uli Meyer

Nikki Clapp

Paul Apted

Brent Brooks

Colin Alway

Ben Koeller

Tim Field

Iain Anderson

Thom 'Coach' Ehle

Lee Millham

Billy Merrell

Gina De Ferrer

Bruce Babcock

Clive Copland

Nick Allder

Ron Bartlett

Mike McGillivray

Martin Gabriel

Scott G.G. Haller

Eddy Joseph

Tim Caplan

Andy Fowler

David Combs

Patric Scott

Jerry Connelly

Simon Lucas

Cheryl Bickerton

Angus Bickerton

Scott Sidey

Keith Pain

Yvonne Coppard

Kim Amis

David White

Dennis Davidson

Sue Hausner

Peter Bowen

Jack English

Julian Caldow

Bruce Everett

Elena Azuola

Keith Barton

Nigel Egerton

Rodney Bowers

Norman Garwood

Carmila Gittens

Kirstie Stephenson

Alan Greenham

Mike Roberts

Steve Shapland

Sarah Robinson

Brian Atkinson

Sharon Lark

Jane Body

Phil Attfield

Anne-Marie Challen

Pete Cavaciuti

Robert Bell

Steve Alder

Rosemary Burrows

Graeme Crowther

Sarah Franzl

Paul Grace

Pauline Hume

Clare Macdonald

Tom Debenham

Gary Hutchings

Science Fiction

Adventure

Lost in Space

Saltire Entertainment

New Line Cinema

Irwin Allen Productions

Prelude Pictures

United States of America

English

future

time travel

robot

sabotage

deep space

2050s

Kamurai

Good watch, could watch again, and can recommend.

This feels a little dated, given the more recent "Lost in Space" series, and given the original series it certainly feels like a very different angle.

The cast is great, but doesn't quite feel like it gels well, especially sense it is supposed to be (mostly) a family unit.  Mat LeBlanc actually surprises me by showing he has some action range,  a young Lacey Chabert comes off much more obnoxious than I  would have expected, and solid, if expected, performances from William Hurt, Heather Graham, and Gary Oldman.

There is just very little that goes beyond expectations.  Don't get me wrong there are some very interesting sequences and effects, but just nothing impressive I'm going to remember down the line.

In the end I had a good time, and I'd do it again, but I'd rather see a more modern or higher production version of this like "Voyager".

**_Thirty years after the TV show, Lost in Space debuts at the cinema_**

In 2058, Professor John Robinson (William Hurt) and his family (Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Lacey Chabert, etc.) take a mission to travel to the nearest inhabitable planet to set-up a hypergate so humans can easily transport there. At the last minute, a hotshot flyboy is assigned to pilot the Jupiter II (Matt LeBlanc). Unfortunately, they’re forced to enact hyperdrive due to the interference of Dr. Smith (Gary Oldman), which flings them to an uncharted part of the galaxy.

“Lost in Space” (1998) is the serious movie version of the cheesy television series modeled after The Swiss Family Robinson that ran for three seasons from 1965-1968. The late 90’s sci-fi sets & costumes are great while there’s a lot of action and the movie respects the intelligence of the viewer. 

Although Hurt is relatively boring in the role of the Robinson patriarch, he’s respectfully stalwart, and I’m sure his role would’ve evolved in the planned three sequels, which never manifested because the film underperformed at the box office. I was never a fan of LeBlanc (or Friends), but he’s great here as the flying ace. Too bad he’s given really eye-rolling lines as he courts Judy (Graham) like a clueless Neanderthal.

Speaking of Heather, she looks great as usual while Chabert (Penny) was only 15 during filming. Too bad the director didn’t know how to shoot women.

I’ve heard critics complain about the drab, murky palette. Sure, the movie’s dark because it takes place in deep space but, otherwise, I found the colors nice ‘n’ bright.

I could do without the time-travel element, but it’s alright if you roll with it. And I liked the surprise Dr. Doom-ish character in the last act that turns out even worse. 

The film runs 2 hours, 10 minutes, and was shot at Century Fox Studios in Los Angeles, with some scenes done at Red Rock Canyon State Park, which is 90 miles north.

GRADE: B-

Inoffensively bad sci-fi adventure feature film adaptation of the classic 1960s TV series is one of those movies one can put on, watch for a bit, get up to get a snack or drink without pausing and you still won't miss anything. Has a solid enough cast, mainly William Hurt, Mimi Rogers and Gary Oldman while Heather Graham was okay, but the rest forgettable (though I did have a big crush on Lacey Chabert back then). The visual effects were at best mixed with the "Blarp" creature being the biggest offender to the point they should've cut that part out if they didn't want to spend the money on an animatronic. Just like when I first saw this probably back in 1999/2000, I'll forget Lost in Space by the next day. **2.5/5**

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A review by Kamurai

Written by Kamurai on Sat Nov 14 2020

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