Does Not Live Up to the Hype

Rating: 2/10 (10 November 1999)

After seeing the SciFi Channel's EXCELLENT documentary on the Curse of the BW, I went into this movie with very high hopes and a positive attitude. After the first 20 minutes, I was wishing I had just left my experience with the BW at the documentary.
This is the second movie I have seen this year that left me empty and feeling cheated--the other being "Phantom Menace". Had this film come thru on the promise it showed in the documentary (and even the web site!) it would have been a good film but it falls short in so many ways that I wont start listing for fear of putting off the casual reader.
While I don't mind never seeing the BW, I do think they could have done a better job of explaining the curse in the movie. If I had not seen the documentary, I would have given this film a 1 vs the 2 I did rate it. If, despite my ramblings, you choose to rent this, I cannot overemphasize that you MUST also see the documentary on the SciFi Channel beforehand... if you don't you're cheating yourself.
Bottomline: Leave on the shelf...