An offensive assault on the intelligence

Rating: 1/10 (9 August 2000)

It is unbelievable just how stupid some movie makers take us SF fans to be. Throw in a few snazzy special effects and that ought to keep us happy, right? Wrong. This piece of dross has to be one of the worst films ever made, an offensive assault on the intelligence. The ONLY thing which could have saved this was if they did it tongue in cheek. But they didn't; they took themselves seriously. I laughed so hard at times I had tears rolling down my cheeks! But instead of laughing with them, I was laughing at them (except in the case of Buscemi, of course, who was the film's only saving grace). Scientifically laughable, sexist in the extreme, 2 dimensional characters (and that is being generous), and about as emotionally stirring as an Ed Wood film. There are more entertaining ways to spend your time. Pulling back your finger nails with bamboo shoots immediately springs to mind...