What it lacks in sophistication (everything), it partly makes up for in sheer gall.

| Feb 9, 2006

It's a strong, lean piece of writing that moves quickly. Nothing is wasted, and nothing happens the way you'd expect.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 18, 2002

The movie is as smart as ``Mission: Impossible'' is dumb.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

A movie that shoehorns a blunt warning into its silly but entertaining story of a young radio astronomer's one-man battle against sinister extraterrestrials.

| Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

[Sheen] spends most of the movie in a kind of sweaty apoplexy that makes one worry for his health.

| Original Score: D | May 31, 1996