What were they thinking?

Rating: 4/10 (13 June 2000)

What an awful movie. Given the budget and the cast, I'd expected that it would at least be an enjoyable SF romp, but was sadly disappointed. In the hands of a more talented director the poor script might have worked, but the very blatant attempt to recreate an 'Aliens' style intro immediately put me off, and the rapid degeneration into 'Star Trek' style metaphysical nonsense pretty much finished the job even before the sub-'Hellraiser' horror began.
The biggest problem is very simple: there is absolutely no reason for this script to be set in space. It would have worked at least as well with a bunch of kids getting killed in a remote house and a few thousand dollar budget. Instead, someone blew millions on this clunker which will probably put others off making big-budget SF for quite a while.

Yes it has some tension, yes, there are a few nice bits and pieces, but overall it's one of the few movies which has ever left me feeling nostalgic for '2010'...