Annal:1992 Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
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Results of the Saturn Award in the year 1992. For a ranked list of films, try an honor roll:
- Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film
- Science Fiction films
- Science Fiction directors
- Speculative Fiction films
- Speculative Fiction directors.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day
- 1992 Hugo-Video winner
- 1992 MTV-Movie winner
- 1992 Saturn-Sci-Fi winner
- Score: 30.42
After he pushed the envelope of computer-generated special effects in The Abyss, director James Cameron turned this hotly anticipated sequel to Terminator into a well-written, action-packed showcase for advanced special effects and for one of the most invincible villains ever imagined. Terminator 2: Judgment Day is a legitimate sequel: there’s more story to tell about a hulking, leather-clad android (Arnold Schwarzenegger) who arrives from the future to protect a rebellious teenager and future leader (Edward Furlong) from being killed by the…
- 1992 Hugo-Video nominee
- 1992 Saturn-Sci-Fi nominee
- Score: 12.42
Based on a retro-styled comic book hit of the ‘80s, this Disney film was meant to launch a whole line of Rocketeer films—but the series began and ended with this one. That’s too bad, because this underrated Joe Johnston film has a certain loopy charm. The story centers on a pre-World War II stunt pilot (Bill Campbell) who accidentally comes into possession of a rocket-propelled backpack much coveted by the Nazis. With the aid of his mechanic pal (Alan Arkin), he gets it up and running, then uses it to foil a plot by a gang of vicious Nazi spies (is there…
- 1992 Saturn-Sci-Fi nominee
- Score: 6.42
Joseph Buchanan is a brilliant scientist conducting implosion experiments in the year 2031. His humanitarian goal is to develop a weapons system that will not destroy all life on Earth, but the results are catastrophic! The very core of time and space is fractured, and Buchanan finds himself thrust into 19th century Geneva. He meets fellow scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein, whose own monstrous experiment has gone haywire, killing his brother, and threatening the entire village. Frankenstein’s creature is even more horrible than the world ever imagined-and now Dr,…
- 1992 Saturn-Sci-Fi nominee
- Score: 6.42
Predator wreaked havoc in the jungle and struck box-office gold, so Hollywood logic dictated that Predator 2 should raise hell in the big, bad city. Los Angeles, to be specific, and this near-future L.A. (circa 1997) is an ultra-violent playground for the invisibility-cloaked alien that hunted Arnold Schwarzenegger in the previous film. Scant explanation is given for the creature’s return, and because Ah-nuld was busy making Total Recall, Danny Glover was awkwardly installed as the maverick cop (is there any other kind?) who defies a…
