Slow, boring and causes you to lack empathy with the characters

Rating: 1/10 (19 May 2005)

This film starts slow. If you notice this and think that it may pick up, do not be fooled - it does not.
The film starts with promise, the slowness is initially put down to building suspense but the suspense leads nowhere.
The idea that something serious might happen means that you should at least care slightly about the characters. Instead Mel Gibson just seems rude and uncaring, his brother lacks zeal and the children deserve to be eaten by something.
Avoid and then, if it chases you, avoid this film more seriously. Do not succumb to the Sci-fi pretence... It belongs to another genre altogether.