Actor's anonymous's latest project

Rating: Null/10 (11 November 2000)

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs
I had gone to the cinema with the intention of seeing Memento.I got frustrated as the film started while I was held up in traffic,so,eventually,realising I'd get there quicker running on foot than waiting on the bus any longer,I dashed off ,and,in the cold and damp of winter at this time of year,I raced up to the cinema.After all that strenuous running and endurance of cold weather (besides being late),only to hear they wer'nt showing the printed timeslot of the film as they were having trouble with the projections screen.There were 2 other films to see which were on my current cinema list,so,to narrow it down a bit,I decided instead to get Pitch Black out the way.I've heard many rave reviews about Memento,and I can still only assume it's a much better film than Pitch Black.
None of the actor's have ever been heard of before for one thing.This was'nt an initial problem,because nobody had heard of the actor's in Cube,and that was an okay Sci-Fi film.But this was of a different pedigree indeed.The script was as cliche riddled as anything has modernly been,and the characters did'nt make much sense at all.The plot was long and drawn out and was very hard to understand.The young member of the spacecraft itself looked like a mini variant of Sigourney Weaver in Alien 3,once she had her gun with her.The special effects are nothing to write home about,either,as they are so obviously computer generated.Basically,this variant on Alien and Event Horizon is frankly,boring.
Still,there are a few genuine shocks here and there,plus some diverting twists that sustain interest in the plot long enough to make it to the end.**