too one-sided (har har)

Rating: 3/10 (17 May 1999)

A disappointing, frustrating movie. It starts out like it's going to have a lot of cool effects and ideas, but that is soon disproven. The acting's not very good, and the dialogue sure doesn't help things--the characters find themselves in this horrific death-trap, yet goofy little dialogue bits and mannerisms are supposed to be amusing in the midst of it. Doesn't work. The movie teases with various "what-ifs" and theories as to what could be going on--which is cool, and the only reason for watching the movie--but then it goes about negating all of the interesting possibilities, so that all the viewer's left with is a frustrated hope that something more will come out of the flick...but nothing does (except more frustration). If the characters are annoying, the dialogue is stupid, the setting barely changes, and the plot/premise is barren and admittedly pointless, one can't really consider this a good movie. Has some possibilities at the beginning, but soon sets about wiping them out...