Why so under-rated?

Rating: 7/10 (6 April 2007)

There's no doubt that Paul WS Anderson isn't the best director out there but this movie itself isn't nearly as bad as some would make it out to be... In todays world of crap-fest horror polluted with lame effects and cheap scares its good to see a truly disturbing movie come along to break the trend... The movie works because space itself is so eerie, no one can hear you scream. This means that like in most horror movies the characters are cut off from the rest of the world, but in this case we don't need a crappy excuse like "the phones stopped working" or whatever to do it, plain and simple, we're far out in space, natural isolation... The graphic parts of this movie, particularly the recording recovered of the previous crew left a lasting mark on me for weeks, its very twisted... Another thing that made this movie was Sam Neill, he was so creepy, a man so obsessed with his ship that he essentially becomes one with it, and the darkness it brings back. All in all this movie, in my opinion, is far better than critics make it out to be... Maybe not a classic to watch time and time again, but it deserves better than what most have given...