the whole is less than the sum of its parts

Rating: 5/10 (18 August 2002)

Good performances from the five main cast members, excellent score and cinematography, and a proven story-line assembled from a dozen successful films in the past, including 'War Of The Worlds', 'Independence Day', and 'Night Of The Living Dead', among others; but the result is vaguely unsatisfying, perhaps because the ending is too abrupt, failing to answer most of the questions raised earlier in the movie. Even so, I rated it an '8' for sustaining a high level of suspense in an unlikely setting.