i believe this film be make for the not so princely sum of £8000 but that do not really show . there wasn not anything amateurish about the production or the acting and the character be gritty and real and the location could have be any desert area in the world instead of a not too warm beach just north of aberdeen . the actor be quite easily acceptable a a bunch of mercenary strand on a mysterious and deserted and uncharted planet and none of them seem to be particularly friendly with each other but be willing to fight to keep themselves and their comrade alive . there weren not any great explanation of what be go on and which can be really contrive and so a lot of the plot be leave to your imagination rather like the big empty which be a film i also enjoy . i find that i quite warm to most of the character and there be some perhaps unintentionally amuse moment and the men be so ordinary that you felt you could empathise with them and the film climax and end be quite poignant . i think mr stirton and his crew should be quite proud of themselves i have see bad film with a budget of million .