A paradox. Brilliant and yet a bit pants. BIG SPOILER!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (11 November 2005)

Done read this before watching it!!!
There are pro's and cons to this movie. Watching it once through I thought it fantastic, a definite 8 out of 10, maybe a 9 and although there are negatives my advice is that you will see them, but don't let them put you off. Its a cracking watch and will scare the hell out of you. There's something for everyones heart rate here. Claustrophobia, fear of the dark, fear of getting trapped, getting stuck, not being able to breath, heights, blood, gore, ooh er mum!
And yet there are holes in the plot, not the least being Darwinism totally ignored.
OK, so we accept there are cave dwellers that are cannibalistic, that hunt on the surface at night and return to their caves. With me so far? Beasts that for thousands of years have adapted to live underground, to hunt anything they can to eat and I include in this wolves that are not renown for their weakness and willingness to just sit and be killed. So these natural killers whose bodies would surely be as tough as hell, get their arses kicked by a bunch of lasses! Sorry girls, I know we live in a world of political correctness and yes we are equal but there isn't a committee to use all kinds of laws and the like to make sure cannibalistic cave dwellers are signatories to the political correct lobby. These killers are faced by the 9-5 brigade who sure, might go to the gym regularly and do a few weekend white knuckle sports but developed fighters they ain't. OK, so their lives are at risk but after the first meeting of GI Jane and Alien, Alien gets a smacking and just might start getting a bit nastier. Why were the monsters relegated to the position of 10 year old Gollums?
Now what was that ending all about? Well, was it all in her head? Is she the killer? Has she gone crazy? If so then so did the plot! If madness was in her head, how come its form is transferred into the heads of the others and if she is the monster cave dweller, how can she turn into dozens then fight herself? Or was she kicking seven shades out of all her mates? Well what about when one of the monsters died? Did she get resurrected? The end just is far too ambiguous and looks to me to be rushed or just badly done?
Maybe the plot I describe is not how it is meant to be read. If so then fine, I've misread it. So what does happen in the end? I wanted another minute or two of movie to clear it up for me.
Ah well, still gets an 8, perhaps 9 from me.