OK to see before going out for a beer.

Rating: 5/10 (18 March 2001)

Well, it's certainly loud and bloody. The digital effects are reasonable, the acting is competent throughout. It's, um, another big Hollywood flick. So what's not to like? I guess if you're at all fussy about how you spend 3 hours of your life then you'd best not waste it in the dark with this one. Ridley Scott, who has brought such a wonderful to feel to so many of his other films succeeds only in making this one dark and distant. We never get close enough to the characters to care about them. On the other hand, if you want something easy to talk about over a beer, well then by all means...