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Rating: Null/10 (16 February 1999)

This is the worst made film I have seen in the past two years.
I can't put my finger on one particular aspect that makes this film bad. Kiefer Sutherland is badly miscast, William Hurt doesn't really seem involved in the film - ala Lost in Space (actually that film was worse). The lead actor Rufus Sewell tries his best but is one-dimensional.
Somewhere in this film is a good story trying to get out. There are "some" good actors. The effects and set design are not the problem. It is the pace, direction, editing and cliched imagery of the film which make this film unpalatable.
I can only think that this film has got good reviews from many people on the net as a backlash to the sugary, saccharin rubbish that Hollywood has pumped out this last year.