barthel Back in the 90's, I rented the videotape of Nightfall. I was thrilled because somebody finally made a movie out of my favorite author's work. Then I watched the tape and was appalled at how bad it was and that I'd never ever get that time back. (Mind you, I *like* bad movies--one of my all-time favorites is _Revenge of the Teenage Vixens from Outer Space_.) Fast forward to 2010. A local video store is going out of business and I'm picking up bargains.OMG! Nightfall! On DVD! I couldn't believe they actually wasted discs burning that old piece of excrement onto a DVD. But, I says to myself, I can have fun inflicting this onto people because I now have proof that it's one of the worst movies ever made.The joke is on me.This is a *new* version of Nightfall. It actually has a bit of a plot. It's not the travesty that was the 1988 version. But it's not very good either. I was knowingly buying a bad movie, but somehow, I feel cheated because it's not a bad as I expected...

xsellent All of us occasionally enjoy a truly bad movie and when one sees the awful ratings of a film such as this they are tempted to give it a masochistic try. Do yourself a favor and resist the temptation. This wretched mess lacks any redeeming virtues. It has the production values of a 1960's made-for-TV movie that probably would never have been broadcast. Perhaps the worst of its many flaws is that although everyone involved MUST have known what an abomination they were creating, they chose to maintain an an absolute, solemn seriousness throughout. If they had provided a little tongue-in-cheek humor, a few molecules of intelligent self-deprecation, or demonstrated any awareness of the silliness of the whole project, this movie could have developed some cult appeal. Perhaps they were bound to seriousness out of respect for Asimov, but if this were the case, they should have abandoned the entire project long before it could disgrace his reputation. It is a truly awful movie, and not "in a good way".

sonoffi I would have never watched this film from the start to the beginning if Jennifer Burns wouldn't have been so beautiful. This woman needs to get more roles. She can also act. The film was almost as bad as people say, but hey, the budget must have been pretty small. I haven't read the original book and am not planning to but this was not totally a waste of time. Burnings were created using miniatures, but you will get the idea when watching it. Consider watching it if you like Sci-Fi. I do not like Sci-Fi at all (there are of course some exceptions) but I still think this was not complete piece of excrement. It is nice that people make films and don't have just dollars on their minds.

xetron I'm not that much of a hardcore Asimov fan, but Nightfall is one of my favotire stories. I saw this movie at the rentals and decided to give it a go. Like many other pointed out - the only thing similar to the story is the fact that there is indeed an eclipse on 6 sun world. The director decided to build the movie around the point where everyone go insane and start burning things. Which is an important part of the story, but not THE most important one. Not to mention the use of SUPER POWERS? "Hmmm... this story is nice, but let's add superpowrs to it! Yeah, that should make them watch it!" Err, not. To sum it all up - If you read the book, don't see this, it has little to do with the story and you will just sit and say "Ehhh... he can light flames with his mind?". I know i did :)