My synopsis, minus the fluff

Rating: Null/10 (17 February 2003)

Good points:
1.) Interesting, unique, and thought provoking plot. Not insulting to viewer's intelligence, like Darkness Falls. 2.) Very good, if not excellent, special effects, unlike Darkness Falls, whose producers seemed to chinse on the effects. 3.) Thorough scene weaving with minimal plot holes, again, unlike Darkness Falls. 4.) The characters that you want to die the most, do, and in heinous ways. 5.) Plenty of mayhem,destruction, and gratuitous violence. 6.) Obviously a huge budget was approved for this movie,yet again (take a guess), unlike Darkness Falls.
Bad Points:
1.) Jumbled dialogue between characters, sometimes leading to sloppy scene development. 2.) Inappropriate and morose humor injected into scenes. It so inappropriate, you almost could miss that humor was intended. 3.) Not enough gore. 4.) No sex. 5.) Relatively predictable scenes. 6.) Boring at times. 7.) Dialogue when Kim Corman goes to visit Clear Rivers in sanitarium is stupid and unrealistic. 8.) Throughout the film, lots of cliches, really infantile gestures, and crappy character development. 9.) Mediocre acting. 10.) You actually hope for a violent demise of the main characters, instead of rooting for their safety. 11.) Horrible development of suspense. Producers appeared to concentrate on gratuitous violence, thus sacrificing ample opportunities to develop true suspense and horror. This is the primary flaw and downfall of the movie. They blew it here, big time.
All in all at best, I give it a 2/4 rating. That is being generous on my part.