I have witnessed this film

Rating: Null/10 (8 November 2000)

I watched this film on the advice of the video store clerk. He does like Hal Hartley, so I'll give him credit for that.
Oh yah, the film. Hmmm, I don't think so. The characters' names were so forgettable, I forgot all of them except for Riddick (the convict with steel eyes) because he has this deep resonating voice. In fact during his voice-over near the beginning, it sounds like it could be a good film. He should have stayed with the voice-overs. The script was slightly above hollywood schlock. The plot was so important that the director gives you the whole scenario in the first five minutes. People stuck on a desert planet with alot of alien creatures that look rather similar to the ones in ALIEN.
It's a plot that is so over-used for sci-fi thrillers. People stuck somewhere with a cyborg, criminal, doctor, scientist, some sexy chicks and a really cool guy who ends up being the cyborg, criminal, doctor, scientist. Aliens below, above, in the ventilation shaft, under water, in your head. Not enough air, water, time is running out, people are hell bent on beating each other up, double-crossing, betraying, massaging each other's egos. You know, all the survival instincts.
And it's all in space or on some planet that is really hostile and boring, or it's in a space ship or there is a mining colony....ad nauseum.
A bit of eye candy for the brain dead....if you don't care about script or direction or acting or stupid lines just after you kill someone, do it up!