Disappointing

Rating: 1/10 (2 January 2002)

After having my little brother and friends hype the heck out of this film and claim it to be the greatest thing since sliced bread this came as a disappointment. There were too many boring stretches for me and not much in the way of story. It was like a (no pun intended) one-punch joke that fell flat about 30 minutes into the film. Brad Pitt was good, if out of place. Ed Norton delivers his dialogue as if he were asleep and comes across as a second-rate John Cusack wanna-be. Helen Carter is funny in parts and Meatloaf is just hilarious. Thumbs in the middle for this one. This movie fell flat at the box-office as struggling 20th Century Fox (and this is NOT a bad thing) tries to come up with fresh ideas to lure the teenage audience, without having to recycle 30-year old science-fiction films.