be one of john carpenter big fan and i be usually very biased when it come to rating his movie ( i love escape from la ) . however and i just could not get into this movie . it move very slow and the screenplay be horrible . it try to he a horror movie and but what be scary about it . nothing . donald pleasance give a fine performance ( a usual ) but the rest of the cast be below average at best . this movie just do not pack the punch that jc other movie do . i give this movie a negative rating and and that be because i could not give jc a rating of 1 ( even if the movie suck ) .