Not too bad, but pg-13 rating let this film down a bit

Rating: 10/10 (14 September 2004)

I just finished watching the movie and i have been left with mixed opinion. It reminded me very much of a resident evil scenario, typical as Paul Anderson is back on board to direct and Colin salmon has a role in the movie. I liked the idea of merging the two alien races together since the trophy room scene in predator 2. This movie is satisfying good and starts off really well. at 87 minutes long until the credits, this felt a bit rushed and could have been 10 minutes more to help explain a few things. OK though. The money has been well spent and the film looks like delicious candy. Great idea to put lance Hendrickson on board, i so admire the actor, and even give the scar faced tommy Flanagan the role of verheiden, that actor gives a very menacing feel to the screen, i hope he gets bigger roles soon. The film played OK throughout, effects top notch guys, but due to the pg-13 rating, i bet tons of footage was cut and it is pretty obvious a lot of the time. In some battle and attack sequences, they are too instantaneous and before you can work out wtf is happening, were on to the next bit. The script was OK but the character development was not here at all. Most of the soldiers don't have names, you don't see them all die, and they all disappear to quickly. I think about five people die within a minute here. The cast goes from around 16 down to 2 in 25 minutes. Anyway, if you read this, see the film, it is a good film on the whole and leaves room for a sequel, though one i feel is not needed. I don't think Oscars are on the horizon nor great reviews, but this was a good 90 minutes.
Overall rating, 6 out of 10, mainly that damn pg-13 rating took it down!