My quick rating - 4,6/10. I am fairly sure I saw this one in the theater and haven't seen it since so the length works for some background while I work. That was a quick reminder about why I wasn't sure. That is a very forgettable flick. I would've thought with such a great cast the movie would've been a bit more entertaining but everyone involved got stuck with a very lame script. The crew of a hospital ship in space receives a distress beacon and end up intercepting a battered survivor and a mysterious "black hole." Soon and quite unexplained things on the ship begin happening that makes you wonder if there is more to the survivor and the object. Well, you are supposed to wonder since it was so mundane that you don't really much care until the apply the "horror" right in front of your face. And the description makes it sound like there is some monster involved when that isn't the case in the slightest. I have a feeling that the cast is more than happy to forget about this one since a quick look found this on the list of biggest box office bombs of all time. The exterior shots in space did look awfully nice but for the most part all the tension aboard the ship was over inflated by sound and never really got all that exciting. Our villain wasn't convincing either which didn't help much. James Spader did take the reigns of lead well enough but it is hard to share the screen with Angela Bassett who always seems to steal the show.
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