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Dark Matter (2007) -- This is the theatrical trailer for Dark Matter, directed by Shi-Zheng Chen.
Dark Matter (2007) -- A brilliant Chinese student's controversial dissertation on the cosmos is at odds with his professor's theories
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Overview

User Rating:
6.2/10   1,141 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Shi-Zheng Chen (story) and
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Release Date:
24 April 2008 (Singapore) more
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Plot:
Based on actual events, a Chinese university student responds violently when his chances for a Nobel Prize are dashed by school politics. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Reviews:
not bad, try again please more (24 total)

Cast

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Ye Liu ... Liu Xing

Meryl Streep ... Joanna Silver

Aidan Quinn ... Reiser
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Sina Amedson ... Selim

Erick Avari ... R.K. Gazda
Blair Brown ... Hildy

Rob Campbell ... Small
Dan Christensen ... Professor
Jeshua De Horta ... Student

Joe Grifasi ... Colby
Bill Irwin ... Herb

Krystal King ... Girl / one night stand

Boris McGiver ... Reverend Hollings

John Rothman ... Rene

Jodi Russell ... Claire
Taylor Schilling ... Jackie
Lloyd Suh ... Laurence Feng
Tisha Vaculin ... Waitress
He Yu ... Wu
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for a scene of violence, brief sexual content and language.
Runtime:
88 min
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Val Kilmer was originally involved but dropped out due to scheduling conflicts. more

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19 out of 35 people found the following review useful.
not bad, try again please, 26 June 2008
5/10
Author: jamesstreet from United States

I watched this with several friends and it was interesting to see who was surprised by the ending and who wasn't. Let there be no doubt, there is a great subject for a plot here. Forget that its based on a true story because its not - that's just marketing and fodder for pointless forum discussions.

What really hurt this movie were the pointless special effects and overly exaggerated sentimental shots, mostly featuring Meryl Streep, interspersed throughout the movie - typically after a scene where the protagonist experiences success or failure. There are only a handful of these shots and they only last seconds – but they are schmaltzy in an otherwise very believable movie. If you're watching even somewhat closely, they give away the movie very quickly.

I'll bet Shi-Zheng Chen goes on eventually to make a truly great movie. This one is about half way there.

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