Don't let the plot development fool you

Rating: 9/10 (11 September 2009)

The plot development is tedious and at times you are asking yourself "What did I get myself into?"
The "cinéma vérité" documentary style at first throws the viewer, especially if one is unaccustomed to, or dislikes, this style.
Then all hell breaks loose; and the viewer is drawn into the film and the cinematic style fades to the background.
The person you started watching as a nerdy, bureaucratic wonk turns into a determined, focused individual set upon not only his survival but the survival of the alien beings in his charge.
While this is no "Enemy Mine" the camaraderie of the main character human, and main character alien, is poignant and inescapable.
Well worth the money; well worth the time; well worth watching; and well worth purchasing the DVD when it becomes available.