Worst movie of the year

Rating: 1/10 (30 June 2001)

Everything about this movie was a disaster. The acting was like something out of public access cable. The story is blindingly stupid. Rufus Sewell is hopelessly inert, Kiefer Sutherland an embarrassment, and Jennifer Connelly proof that some careers should be ended by act of law if need be. The only one who emerges with his skin intact is William Hurt. The aliens are rip-offs of the Cenobites from Hellraiser. The movie is just adrown in adolescent philosophizing and cinematic murk. If you enjoyed this movie, odds are ten to one you are a precious, pretentious art student. This is really the worst movie I've seen in about ten years, and one of the few where I felt I had actually been robbed--even though I got it as a free rental.