You'll not lose a thing if you skip this one.

Rating: Null/10 (5 August 2002)

I didn't really like the movie although the user rating was above eight.
I watched the movie due both to Shymalan and Mel Gibson. Anticipating some real drama and total entertainment, I watched the complete movie but nothing came out as expected. The movie was filmed like most horror/thrillers - in shady and dark places with an air of fear surrounding everything - but things soon start moving unexpected ways.
The extraterrestrial/sci-fiction label that seems to be befitting after the initial shock - doesn't go far either and becomes of lesser significance. Things turn out to be more of religio-psychological type - the phenomenon being forcefully pumped into the plot.
Although Mel Gibson gave excellent performance, along with others, but an instable plot over-shadows all their efforts.
With no offence the movie may have some significance for priests and people with religious fervor, but none for us mortals.