Hmmm... British sci-fi is generally ruined by American actors. HG Wells will probably turn in his grave.
Not scifi, but the story of the 1912 Titanic disaster was ably told in the 1958 movie "A Night to Remember". The DiCaprio/Winslet version, "Titanic", was an embarrassment.
Tom Cruise? LOL - I'll never forget the cringeworthy scenes of that helicopter being flown through the Channel Tunnel.
But admittedly, he was great in "Born on the 4th July". I've just bought the DVD to replace my VHS. What stood out (for me) was the way America lavishes hundreds of billions of $ on a war effort, but then abandons its disabled servicemen to 4th rate hospitals when they come home, and to appeals for voluntary donations run on boards like this. I wonder how they'd feel on their way out if they'd be returning missing a limb or two, and that their wellbeing might be dependent on money trickling in through PayPal.
