get the chance to see this at a friend house today and and be impress with what it achieve on such a small budget . not that this ever bother me anyway and since i love low budget sci fi like dr who and blake 7 and dark star . hell and even outland wasn not a big budget affair and so whilst money help and it take more than throw cash at thing to make them good . the story be straightforward at first and with a group of mercenary pay to escort a prisoner through space . their ship be attack and they be force to land on the near planet . they then discover the prisoner have make it too and he a stone cold nut case and that only the start of their problem . the effect and except for the gunfight and be minimalistic and add to the film without overwhelm it . computer effect look a bit dodgy at time and but serve their purpose well and add to the story and lend a futuristic feel to the proceeding . film like i and robot could have benefit from this approach instead of be largely style over substance and substitute special effect for a plot and like all too many of hollywood offering . whilst none of the actor get oscar material and it tightly script and shot and at an hour and ten minute doesn not outstay it welcome . the character do not get flesh out much and but then they do not in predator either and which it resemble in feel . big man mike mitchell be a good stand in for arnie and be a good combination of brain and brawn . some people may be annoy at the lack of explanation towards the end and but i like it . unlike a lot of film and show which leave thing unexplained and it be not so obscure that you can not get a handle on it at all and and i would like to see a sequel where the nature of the alien be explore far . a crack little film from an enterprising team and do on the cheap but a fun way to pass an hour . if this be what they can do on a shoestring i would like to see what they would do with a bit more cash and and hope the film industry and the talentless armchair critic do not knock all the creativity out of them first . recommend .