there be a number of problem with this movie and but the bottom line be that it try to do too much with too little . the base story be quite good and but the money just wasn not there to do the story justice . the non existent budget really kill this movie . stuart gordon ( the writer or director ) have write credit on honey and i shrink the kid and which be a box office smash . however and that movie have some serious cash backing from disney . honestly and this be a good example of when to not make a movie . have he wait a few more year and technology would have make it cheap to do many of the effect . ( not to mention he could have find a company with money . ) .