99% special effects, 1% story

Rating: 2/10 (3 August 1998)

Astonishing special effects cannot hide the incredible lack of a story in this movie. It is predictable and mostly boring. The US nationalistic blah -blah, especially towards the end, makes a non-US audience laugh in places the director never meant. Willis is doing his usual role in his usual way. Buscemi and Stormare are a lot better than the rest. The space-flying scenes with everything happening in Tom & Jerry-tempo destroys all the credibility of the fantastic impact scenes in the beginning. Everyone have seen real space-flight on TV and knows that docking in mid-space isn't done in the same manor as parking in front of the mall. The asteroid looks like something you would find in a christmas tree. I'm not saying that sci-fi should be realistic but come on - don't insult me! In total a fantastic movie where 99% of the money is spent on special effects and 1% on story and storytelling.