it easy to take shot at 50 horror flick feature people you would never hear of before and nor will ever hear from again . but that such a comparatively modern film and featuring name star such a nigel hawthorne and julie christie could be so mind numbingly bad beggar description . the opening screen read when thing stop . it puzzlingly inaccurate a we know official have work helicopter . could the film maker be unawares of the complex infrastructure need to keep those delicate machine fly . hardly something you would expect after societal collapse . the opener be accurate in one sense and though as much of the film leave me feel the plot what there be of it have stop . christie . she practically send a surface mail letter in to stand for her performance . much of the film have her so listless that one wonder if the character ( or actress ) have be shoot with an elephant tranq dart . the bit with the wall that a gateway to another reality . excuse me . what possible reason would christie character have for want to return to her dismal reality after her first time through . the whole concept make absolutely no sense whatsoever . and the kid dance around the giant egg . just what drug do someone slip in the writer drink water . a memorable passage from ayn rand book the fountainhead have a character read something which be essentially gibberish and think it . must be profound because he do not understand it . want to be sure about that here and i show it to a friend who and at the time and be work on her psych doctorate ( with a lit minor ) . the film over i ask her if there be something and some deep and subtle meaning i be miss . she reply by point out that some non conforming story be try to tie into ( she spew forth psych babble double talk ) and make reference to literary ( more jargon ) . pausing and she look at the now turn off tv screen and then back to me and go on . and then there film such a this which be just garbage and plain and simple .