Just plain bad science fiction...

Rating: 3/10 (9 February 2007)

Wow. That so many would tout so highly so silly a film is nothing less than truly amazing... Anyone who's ever read science fiction (not to mention The Black Book from which the basic premise of this one seems to have been lifted) has to have come away from this one scratching their noggin in confusion. What's the big deal here? This is compelling science fiction the way Joyce Carol Oates's "dissertations" on boxing are insightful- which is to say, not at all. Forget the hackneyed storyline and the barely watchable performances: with the sole exception of the cinematography, there's nothing to recommend this one. Be warned.