Gritty sci-fi. Weak on "sci", okay on "fi".

Rating: 5/10 (13 October 2000)

Except for some running around looking for power cells there's little of the usual sci-fi technoprops in this A- flick about a motley bunch of space travelers stranded on a planet inhabited by flock of man eating Raptors. The film focuses on the characters and their predicament and would be little more than an ordinary action/horror flick set in an earthly desert were it not for an interesting character played by Vin Diesel. Okay for sci-fi addicts and Diesel fans. Others may find it a low budget disappointment.