What to expect

Rating: 8/10 (20 April 2006)

Excellent movie. Sure, it has its glitches, but it does a great job at scaring the beejezus out of you. The music is outstanding, with frantic beats and trumpets filled with angst. The effects are excellent, and the make-up is quite convincing. The only thing that you could say doesn't click quite right is the plot, but it does hold more in is more believable than your standard horror movie. The tension is held throughout the whole movie, and it provides decent plot twists. In the aspect of acting, the cast does a decent job at characterizing the different personalities of the crew. The only one that fails is Laurence Fishburne, who looks "bored" where a normal person would be screaming histerically in horror. But it doesn't distract that much. Special note for Sam Neill's performance, which is a very convincing portrait of his role. Also noteworthy, the music by Michael Kamen and electronic-gurus Orbital. Is an excellent mixxture of two very good genres, capable of scaring the crap out of you by itself. I'm listening at it on headphones now and I've jumped in my chair 4 times, in 2 songs. Is a must see for fiction and terror fans alike