2010 also known as 2010: The Year We Make Contact is the sequel to Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film is based on Arthur C. Clark's novel 2010: Odyssey Two which is the sequel to his original novel which formed the base of Kubrick's 2001. This film was not directed by Stanley Kubrick, but rather Peter Hyams. With that out of the way, this film takes place nine years after 2001. A group of American and Soviet astronauts are headed to Jupiter to rendezvous with the Discovery spaceship left behind from the previous film. They want to figure out what the giant monolith near Jupiter is for and why HAL 9000 malfunctioned. At the same time, there's a huge war between the Soviets and the Americans going on back at earth. This war is not depicted, just mentioned constantly. This film was actually fairly interesting although the war sub-plot didn't feel all that necessary. This film isn't as weird as 2001: A Space Odyssey so people looking for a more straightforward film might prefer this one.

The film stars Roy Scheider as the leader of the American astronauts. The film also has Douglas Rain (HAL 9000) and Keir Dullea (Dave Bowman) playing their roles form 2001. The acting here is decent, although HAL 9000 came off as far less interesting in this film.

Overall, this was a decent film. As mentioned earlier, the Cold War tension in this film was not particularly interesting. The Cold War is over and having to hear about it still going on in 2010 got boring fairly quickly. The film also has some other predictions that turned out inaccurate, but that is to be expected of a movie set in the future. This film is by no means the Stanley Kubrick masterpiece, but it's worth watching for people who did enjoy 2001: A Space Odyssey and possibly those who did not. I would not recommend this film to people who have not seen the original as this film is inferior, and references the original film rather heavily.

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