Recipe: Take one 'Alien' film, throw in a PC Euro-American cast, season with schlock horror and stew badly for 90 minutes

Rating: 2/10 (5 December 2000)

Little spoiler or two
Is it possible that the makers of this film could throw in any more tat? First they steal the guts out of a number of films, notably Alien, and pepper with a pretty silly supernatural plot. Oh sorry, I used the plot word - it doesn't really have one at all. The most fun thing in this movie is the pessimistic doomsaying Sean Pertwee, whose attitude towards his blatantly obvious impending death probably reflects his personal attitude to the picture. At least I hope it does, he's far too good an actor to be stuck in this pile of poo. The only other piece of remote interest in this film is in the choice of flag badges on the shoulders of the characters uniforms. Is this some form of subliminal political statement from the producers? English characters have a European Union flag, so obviously this is a bold future prediction. Sam Neill's character has a more striking political statement on his sleeve. The Union Jack has been ripped out of the Australian flag and replaced with the Australian Aboriginal flag - a very controversial choice and hard to spot. Please avoid this film like a plaque of fiery men. Only 2 out of 10