1996 |
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SF elements |
big monster chasing people through dark corridors |
Review |
Crates of leaves have been shipped to the museum, and no-one knows why. But a load of dead people have been found on a ship, and detective Lt Vincent D'Agosta [Tom Sizemore] suspects a connection. Evolutionary biologist Dr Margo Green [Penelope Ann Miller] find the leaves have a strange effect on a beetle. Then chaos ensues during a gala evening at the museum, and people start losing their heads...
For some reason, this gets good reviews. But it's just a so-so
Alien
rip-off, with lots of running around in the dark.
The effects are nothing special, either. Most of them are managed by
shooting scenes in the pitch dark, through a sprinkler downpour, with
each shot lasting a split second. The monster itself looks plasticene.
The actors do at least manage to deliver the above-average biological technobabble smoothly. But why are their labs always in pitch darkness, lit only by the spookily glowing computer screens? Do these people not know how to use light switches? |
Rating: 4.5 |
[ unmissable | great stuff | worth watching | mind candy | waste of time | unfinishable ] |
reviewed 6 May 2000