BETTER THAN I EXPECTED....

Rating: 9/10 (5 June 2000)

I thoroughly enjoyed this flick. It had some interesting camera effects, such as certain colors being tinted over the lenses. The ship crashing onto the planet was impressive. This is probably the best science fiction action movie to date since Alien, Aliens and the Matrix, and far better than Event Horizon. (which in my opinion, was a very bad movie.)
WARNING: There may be spoilers, do not read this review if you have not seen this movie!
Story revolves around space ship crashing onto a barren planet, (with three suns!) and the survivors discovering the hard way they're not the only inhabitants of the planet. There are thousands of nasty carnivorous critters living under the ground that come out only during the once-every-22-years eclipse!
Characterization was really good! Better than I expected of a movie of this genre. By the end of this flick, no one is who they first seemed. I think the cast played their roles well. Especially the dude who was the convict.

Special effects are impressive (as expected). You only see glimpses of the critters, although they seem to change their size an awful lot. It would be nice to see something made of actual matter instead of a computer-animated graphic. If you watch their actions, however, there almost seemed to be some kind of behavior between the creatures. I found this quite intriguing, and it would've been nicer to see more interaction between them.
CONCLUSION? A definite must see! I rate this 9/10.