Wowser!

Rating: 9/10 (1 August 2001)

Yep-this was good. It's not ground breaking or anything (how many movies ARE?) but it's very entertaining for what it is- a romp through the world of SciFi. The characters were planned very well; because of this, the writers were able to make complex twists in the script based on the humans, and not just on the aliens (the humans were their own causes and effects, essentially). That's quite unique in the movie world- usually, characters are designed to REact, and never to actually think. Besides the writers, a lot of credit must be given to the actors (Vin Diesal especially; his work was, and still is, amazing). If the actors had failed to bring strength and attitude to their characters, all of the writing in the world would not have been able to save this movie.
Go rent this movie if you like Scifi, psychological thrillers, etc. Vin Diesal fans will also get a kick out of this! (spoiler) I might have solved one of the plot holes: What would the flying aliens eat if the humans hadn't shown up? Answer: themselves! They cannibalize, remember? They probably ate all the other inhabitants, so, now, they have to eat themselves! And, from the numbers of them, it wouldn't affect their population too much.