It'll make a liar out of your watch

Rating: 9/10 (3 April 1999)

I knew when even the critics gave it positive reviews that it must be sheer sci-fi brilliance...
Brilliance doesn't approach this engrossing, enthralling experience. I even had "lying watch" syndrome. When the films over, you look at your watch, and cannot believe the movie was as long as it was, because you were sucked in to the credits. I last had that feeling during the Usual Suspects and L.A. Confidential. Maybe I've just got a thing for brilliant noir-action fusion, but this movie is a winner. I'm glad it came out before Star Wars I, or even I probably would've ignored it...
See this movie. See this movie now.