i do not remember this film get a cinema release over here . i only saw it when it come onto cable . the film deal with the dehumanisation of child into kill machine . specifically one person and the way he get replace and dump ( literally ) into an off world community where he find himself unable to cope with come to term with who he really be and what he feel . seem to me that a lot of people expect this to be rambo in space and and would have be happy if it be . i be certainly happy it wasnt kurt do a fine job of portray an emotional cripple . the scene where he sit outside the compound show this and albeit the decision for two slow mo replay detract from the moment . this be not a classic sf movie in the way that bladerunner and alien and silent running and logan run or thx1138 be and however it be unfortunately the near i have see to it in a long time . he change in the movie to a believable degree and he doesnt crack arnie one liner and he doesnt become snake plissken and there be no definative happy end . that why this film didnt do well . it didnt follow formula and and among a 18 25 year old target american audience and that unforgivable a it be wasnt what they expect to see . fear and discipline . always .