Bring a pillow...

Rating: Null/10 (25 February 2000)

Ok, first off, I am not going to trash this film by talking about how unoriginal it is or how much it copies (insert famous sci-fi movie). I like stupid movies. I really enjoyed Deep Blue Sea, and that was an incredibly derivative film. Here's what it really is. The trailers trick you into thinking its a sci-fi movie, the director tries to make a Kubrick-like drama, and it is in reality just boring.
The film starts out with a chaotic scene of the ship crashing, which, in addition to being really stupid, also shows off the terrible acting of the actors involved. So I'm like, ok, but soon somethings going to happen. So the ship crashes and they mull around for awhile, but I know something is going to happen. About 10 more things happen (or un-happen, in which they occur but they're so stupid or uninteresting you dont care), and by this time you've lost interest. Throw in some stupid plot twists to keep everyone from falling asleep, and its over.
I will admit that the only thing that saves this film are the cool special effects. The aliens are pretty damn cool, and Riddics night vision is also neat as well. This accounts for about 8 minutes of the movie, and are the only parts worth seeing. Try to appreciate this film as a stupid action movie and you cant because its too boring and takes itself very seriously. Try to appreciate it as drama(like some other reviewers on IMDB) and you cant because its done poorly and in a fragmented,stupid way. (A hint to everyone who thought it was "brilliant": PLEASE rent 2001:A Space Odyssey). A notch above "Supernova", but not by much.