Solid sci fi. Nothing really special, though.

B-Movie madness. This movie brings out the 10 year old massochist in me. Kill 'em all Kurt!

Give Paul Anderson credit here; he elevates an average, generic script into a genuinely good action film. It's simple, really; make your hero a stoic badass, have plenty of cool, well-choreographed action scenes, and maintain a solid pace throughout the picture. There is no long exposition, melodrama, or other nonsense; just quality urban warfare, and a cool protagonist the audience can root for. Is that really so hard? Why do so many action films fail to deliver something comparable?

A great set in a mediocre movie.

I was really looking forward to this movie and after I watched it, I felt a bit disappointed. The set and the special effects were pretty cool, but the story was rather average.

Once upon a time.. Kurt could smile.

Oh, Kurt. <3

hasta ahi.

After rewatching this, I realise that Paul W.S. Anderson can be a creative and competent director when he gets his act together. It's forgettable, and making as charismatic an actor like Kurt Russell to play an emotionless solider was an ill-advised move, but its solid and dumb sci-fi with a very good and imaginative production design to the interplanetary environments.

Good by Paul WS Anderson standards. Sadly, that equates to a steaming pile of brown stuff by anyone else's. Formulaic, uninteresting and humourless. I wonder if by setting 90% of the movie on a garbage planet they were trying to tell us something.