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Genre :

Action

Release Date :

August 26, 2005

MPAA Rating :

PG-13

Director :

Bruce Hunt

Starring :

Cole Hauser, Morris Chestnut, Eddie Cibrian, Rick Ravanello, Piper Perabo, Lena Headey, Daniel Dae Kim

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  Be the 1st!

1 of 4

“..winds up being about Hunt's massive ineptitude as a filmmaker...”
by Daniel Neman [Richmond Times-Dispatch]
2 of 5

“..this dull delve scarcely scratches the surface...”
by Neil Smith [BBC Films]
2 of 5

“..nothing more than a recycled things-that-go-bump-in-the- dark exercise...”
by Robert Denerstein [Denver Rocky Mountain News]
2 of 4

“..Messy, derivative, and silly..”
by Kim Morgan [Reel]
1 of 5

“..lacks action, suspense, a secure plot and, most important, the scare factor...”
by Kathy Cano Murillo [The Arizona Republic]
1.5 of 4

“..even the trailer can't make look scary...”
by Kit Bowen [Hollywood]
1 of 4

“..an astonishingly ludicrous waste of time..”
by Sara M. Fetters [MovieFreak]
1 of 5

“..a tedious, uninteresting horror experience...”
by Brian Orndorf [EFilmCritic]
“..a personal affront to the sensibilities of everyone concerned...”
by Andrea Chase [Killer Movie Reviews]
5 of 10

“..a fairly bland modern creature film in the Alien vein that is ultimately unsatisfying to all but the most die-hard of monster fans..”
by Joshua Starnes [Comingsoon]
“..a dark and soggy attempt to combine elements of Ridley Scott's "Alien" and James Cameron's "The Abyss."..”
by Deborah Hornblow [The Hartford Courant]
1 of 4

“..a clumsy mutant hybrid pieced together with the flotsam and jetsam of Aliens, The Abyss, and Pitch Black...”
by Nick Schager [Slant Magazine]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Keith Breese [Filmcritic]
3.5 of 5
Reviewed by Chris Hewitt [The Dallas Morning News]
2.5 of 5
Reviewed by Scott Brown [Entertainment Weekly]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Sean Axmaker [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Vince Leo [Qwipster's Movie Reviews]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Kim Newman [Empire Magazine]
2 of 4
Reviewed by John Monaghan [Detroit Free Press]
2 of 4
Reviewed by David Edwards [London Daily Mirror]
2 of 5
Reviewed by Gerry Shamray [Sun Newspapers of Cleveland]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Ed Blank [Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Jack Mathews [New York Daily News]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Daniel Fienberg [Zap2it]
1 of 4
Reviewed by James Verniere [Boston Herald]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1 of 4
Reviewed by Sue Pierman [The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel]
0.5 of 4
Reviewed by Amy Biancolli [Houston Chronicle]
Reviewed by Tim Grierson [L.A. Weekly]
Reviewed by [E! Online]
Reviewed by Kirk Honeycutt [The Hollywood Reporter]

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