Edge of your seat suspense, and nothing like Alien!

Rating: 8/10 (26 October 2001)

I must say, when I first saw this arrive I was sceptical. A cast, mostly unknown, an interesting idea and a trailer full of wonderful scenes, which I thought might be the movie there and then, with creatures that reminded me of Alien. Another shoddy collection of other films into a new sci-fi I thought. Wrong.
This story doesn't have a hero, it has many flawed characters, all of whom behave unexpectedly and change before you as the story unfolds. The suspense of the story is pulled from the lack of trust between these characters and the whole premise of complete darkness throughout. The idea of having the one person who could save everyone as being the one person there's no way on any planet you could trust, is ideal. It also brings forth the idea that you're behind the bad guy all the way, just like the Terminator.
My surprise at the effects, the acting, the standard of filming and storyline was high. I expected a bit of a turkey, instead this film scares you as well as Alien did, and even comes out with surprises right to the very end.
Excellent film.