Formulaic But Enjoyable

Rating: 6/10 (19 August 1999)

Sam O'Neill knows how to pick the crazies; in both this and In The Mouth of Madness he manages to effectively portray a character that goes insane. Lawrence Fishburne, an entirely underrated actor, is convincing as a starship captain on a trip to the outer reaches of the solar system.
The final scenes stretch believability thin, but the crew deserves credit for their performances, and the writers deserve credit for trying to giving us characters we could care in. But ultimately this is another example where budget that could have gone to better scripting went to special effects.