Not a bad movie... but not great either.

Rating: Null/10 (31 October 2000)

The visuals and sound quality on DVD make this a worthwhile watch, but now that I've seen it I'll probably sell it on EBAY. Granted Vin Diesel is the most interesting character but he does a mediocre job here at best (check him out as the voice of the robot in Iron Giant). The creatures and other effects are done very well but without interesting characters and a storyline to care about it hurts the film in the long run. **POSSIBLE SPOILER** The fact that this ship crashes on a planet on the same day that a once every 22 year eclipse occurs is just way too much to swallow, even for sci-fi. And what do you suppose the odds are that the main character would have surgically altered eyes that allows him to see in the dark, when the creatures only come out in the dark. Really...come on! Why not just have a regular day-night cycle and have the people terrorized over and over. That would be much more interesting over all. I could care less about the argument over suns revolving around planets or vice versa, because who knows what happens outside our galaxy, but I do care about plausible vs. just plain goofy! 6 of 10 for effects.