Good for what it is...

Rating: Null/10 (13 August 2001)

I liked it alot, suspenseful, lowerish budget, def. made and cast by Aussies, decent if standerd F/X and plot. I enjoyed the running around the desert in the dark with the baddies only kept at bay with the neon bloo glowsticks. Quite a good touch.
At times the monsters reminded me of the X from Outer Space(note triangle head shape), it does make you wonder what they feed on if they only come out every 22 years(each other, maybe??)per eclipse. Great shots of the Saturn like planet in the skies when the eclipse occurs, by the way.
Vin Diesel, by the way, is an interesting presence. He should have a good run in Hollywood.
The rest other than Imam(general from Armageddon, King in Platoon) I didn't know, which is actually a plus, allowing the audience to buy the characters without a game of 'spot the star' getting in the way.
This is worth a couple viewings, better than it has a right to be.
*** outta ****, fine B flick.