Not exactly this category because it seems the general consensus (which I share) is that it's actually a pretty good movie, **IF** you put in the effort to forget that it has any relationship with 2001.

Roy Scheider, Bob Balaban, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren with a laughable russky accent, and that guy who used to play about 25% of the Russian characters in the 80s and 90s (I used to think he was Yakof Smirnoff, but apparently he isn't).

Pretty good Hollywood sci-fi, reverential to Kubrick's vision, even while it avoids just about any chance it could have taken to echo its style or substance. It's every bit as safe, polished, and ultimately mundane as 2001 was revolutionary and experimental.

I've kind of always felt bad for everyone who was attached to it. They put out a pretty solid Hollywood flick. But every time it gets good, it does so by reminding us of this influence that it'll never live up to.