I came, I saw.

Rating: 4/10 (5 April 2004)

I've seen worse, and I've seen better. The trouble is I've seen a lot of better, and few worse. Extraneous charachters with little to do, history and sci-fi mixed like idle Italian dressing, and a wayward out of control happenstance plot brought down a film with bigger potential. The smoldering Ron Perlman finds an underachieving low-key starring role, but an erratic story and a distracting head-shaking script really hurt. I wanted to like this, but can't call a dandelion a rose when it is, afterall, a weed. 4/10

I feel like a hypocrit reviewing a film like this while unfamiliar with the comic, there's a catch 22 here. But, I have to call it like I see it, as a stand-alone product. I'm sure Hollywood will grind out a sequel, maybe with better writing and more depth this story will become more satisfying.