Not quite the worst movie I ever saw, but a valiant effort.

Rating: 4/10 (27 February 2000)

----This is one of those movies that has you leaving the theater angry. I was angry because I chose between seeing this movie and The Whole Nine Yards, and without seeing The Whole Nine Yards, I know I made the wrong choice. Anyways, the movie starts off ok, and I was able to "suspend" my disbelief that anybody would survive the nasty crash they had, and all the other stuff that you just have to go with. And for a while, it had me going. There are really some great visuals in this movie, and if you are an effects buff, you might actually want to pay money to see it.

----Whoever planned this movie must have thought they had a winner, and I can see why. The visuals were awesome. The basic plot has a couple of good themes (the animals are cannibalistic, which kind of reminds you of the humans - also there is kind of a question of whether the characters, or humans in general, are good at heart or not), 2 pretty decent characters (the "pilot" and the criminal). So, the plan was there. The execution was just flat out awful.
----All this movie needed was someone to write dialogue, which really is what defines a movie. Some of the lines are just so awful you can sometimes see the actors force them out of their mouth against their own will. Riddick has a line at the end that is pretty much the line Eddie Murphy was searching for in "Bowfinger." It's supposed to be like Arnold saying "I'll be back," but I hope to never see this guy again.
----The specific plot is pretty bad as well. There are always some characters that you know are going to die in movies, but just once I would like to see the "British antique collector" character not act like an idiot who deserves to die.
----This movie had so much potential to be an excellent movie, but when the writers got down and dirty they came up empty, and they really missed the boat. The effects do save this movie from being a complete flop - they are some of the best I have ever seen. That's why I gave this movie a 4 out of 10, and the only thing that made it better than "Daylight," which still holds the title as the worst movie I ever paid money to see.