it tried, yet failed

Rating: Null/10 (26 April 2001)

The plot was interesting and special effects were excellent. But it succumbed to the same problems that afflict nearly all Hollywood movies -- lack of focus and lack of editing, poor dialog and predictable situations.
It was frustrating to watch because it could have been such a better movie. All they had to do was to remove several scenes completely to shorten the movie and tighten the grip, and fix the dialog which was frequently laughably bad. But these problems were so bad they seriously detracted from my enjoyment of the movie.
If Citizen Kane is a 10 and Casablanca is a 9, then this movie could not be rated any higher than 5.