Some points of interest ****(spoilers alert)****

Rating: Null/10 (12 May 2001)

1) Apart from the female contestants, in whatever cheesy gameshow Palmer is watching on the video, there are NO women at all in this film.
2) It is clearly stated that only Doctor Copper and Garry could have sabotaged the blood stored in the freezer unit (thereby scuppering a test that could have potentially exposed which of the men was a thing). There were no marks on the lock and the aforementioned men were the only ones with access to the freezer unit's key. Hence both men are treated with considerable suspicion. Yet it turns out that neither man was actually a thing, which leaves a loose end that is never tied up.
3)It appears that Palmer and Norris had been replaced by things before it is realised that a thing can absorb someone and take their form. If this is the case why does Norris turn down the chance to replace Garry as the leader when Garry nominates him? Surely from the things' point of view that was an opportunity missed. It also means that when Palmer speaks the classic "You have got to be f***ing kidding me" line, after Norris's head has disatatched itself and sprouted spider legs, it is actually a thing in disguise giving that very human reaction, and speaking for a generation of eighties horror fans.
4)Garry does not come across as being an overly liberal base commander. Yet he allows Palmer (whilst still human) to smoke dubious substances in his presence.