With a film like this, it's hard to know exactly what you're meant to be watching. Judging form the filmographies of both the director and the writer (the only good film previously done by either of them being the directorial work of the Christopher Lambert film Fortress), it's clear these aren't exactly cinematic geniuses; so I took the film as I saw it... laughably bad.
From the very start we are greeted with laughably bad special effects with blatantly visible wires used to spin a man in supposed zero g environment, and then animation on par with that from "who framed roger rabbit?" as a cartoon tooth and blood unrealistically originates from a persons face.
The inclusion of Stephen Dorph, who's only achievement in life is the Blade movies, just adds to the weakness of this movie. As for Dennis Hopper, lets just say he has more to be proud of in his role in Waterworld.
Basically this space trucker has to take a mysterious cargo, is hijacked by pirates and eventually gets to earth for a weak conclusion. Despite a ship that is made out of space waring metal burning up and exploding in the earths atmosphere, we are somehow expected to believe that Dennis Hoppers character was able to parachute from the same height wearing only a spacesuit.
In fact the one good thing in this film is the switcheroo pulled on the bad guy in the end, but I won't spoil it. I'd recommend you watch this film if it comes on TV and you've got noting else to do, purely because it is so laughably bad it makes a fun way to pass an hour and a half of your life. But under no circumstance, even think of parting with your hard earned money to rent this movie, it doesn't deserve your money. And as long as people keep renting bad movies like this, they'll keep being made, so do the movie industry a favour and just say no... unless it comes on TV that is.
From the very start we are greeted with laughably bad special effects with blatantly visible wires used to spin a man in supposed zero g environment, and then animation on par with that from "who framed roger rabbit?" as a cartoon tooth and blood unrealistically originates from a persons face.
The inclusion of Stephen Dorph, who's only achievement in life is the Blade movies, just adds to the weakness of this movie. As for Dennis Hopper, lets just say he has more to be proud of in his role in Waterworld.
Basically this space trucker has to take a mysterious cargo, is hijacked by pirates and eventually gets to earth for a weak conclusion. Despite a ship that is made out of space waring metal burning up and exploding in the earths atmosphere, we are somehow expected to believe that Dennis Hoppers character was able to parachute from the same height wearing only a spacesuit.
In fact the one good thing in this film is the switcheroo pulled on the bad guy in the end, but I won't spoil it. I'd recommend you watch this film if it comes on TV and you've got noting else to do, purely because it is so laughably bad it makes a fun way to pass an hour and a half of your life. But under no circumstance, even think of parting with your hard earned money to rent this movie, it doesn't deserve your money. And as long as people keep renting bad movies like this, they'll keep being made, so do the movie industry a favour and just say no... unless it comes on TV that is.
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