I wanted to like this film

Rating: 5/10 (19 August 2006)

There are a lot of reasons to like this film. It looks good. It has a decent cast. It has aliens in it. So I should give it a higher rating than 5/10? No. Somehow, all this high grade material has been put together and the result is less than satisfactory. It is difficult to put my finger on exactly what went wrong, I suspect the script has to bear some of the blame. Also, the villain was not particularly villainous and the heroes were not terribly likable and the aliens failed to instill the brooding menace of the first film, the terrifying vigour of the second or even the vaguely artistic and bizarre nature of the third. I don't think I will take the trouble to watch this film a third time.