A tale of two movies

Rating: 1/10 (14 February 2007)

This movie was a big disappointment. The first 30 minutes contain all of the elements to be an excellent sci-fi thriller. It seems that what Anderson tried to create here is a Kubrick type film somewhere between "The Shinning" and "2001 A Space Odyssey". What it turns into is at best a "B" movie with a lot of blood, gore and splatter which are a bad diversion from the screenplay and the script which are at times absolutely woeful. The acting is OK to very good considering how bad the script is in places. Lawrence Fishburn does an excellent job but then again he is in my opinion very underrated as an actor. I think Anderson really blew an opportunity here to create a great movie with sequel potential. It's really a shame when you consider other well done comparable deep space sci-fi films such as Pitch Black etc.