Exciting with Fantastic FX

Rating: 8/10 (19 March 2006)

I really thought this was a really good sci-fi flick. There is superb character development, lots of recognizable actors and tremendous action. Even though the basic premise of the film has been done so many times before, they do a good job with this version. It's pretty long but it could have been longer or even a TV series. The film must have been great in the theaters on a wide screen. I hate widescreen DVDs and TV movies since they either cut off the actor's head or feet or stretched horizontally. There is love, humor, sadness and best of all lots of excitement. There is hardly a shot or scene that lasts more than three minutes. They really pack a lot of stuff into this flick. This is not the best sci-fi I have ever seen but it ranks up there with the best,,,and no monster or aliens.