Please don't spend money on this.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Awesome Movie

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Maybe this was the thesis of the director (title: "make a movie using everything you have already seen in other claustrophobic movies"). ALL stereotypes of claustrophobic movie are present. And NOTHING more. It lacks: plot, dialogues, characters (I mean characters that resembles human beings)... Cops act as fearless brainless heroes or coward chicks. The "enemy" seems a sniper genius until five minutes before the end. Then he turns in a dumb stupid sub human villain. It seems the the "plot" was added with glue (and written by a baby), and anyway at the end something seems unclear. Only one thing is not negative: fast pace movie. The first 10 minutes can let you think it's a good movie. Do not trust them ;)

A virus-infected cannibalistic maniac, who needs to be killed because in a certain time he'll supply a plague that will danger mankind as he is a carrier, attacks humans using a curving knife with a spiked handle. Cops Christopher Lambert and Natasha Henstridge must pursue him into ventilation ducts which lead to an old, shut-down prison where he feels right at home. He becomes the predator and the cops become the prey as the prison is quite darkened and the monster is able to move quickly with cunning and skill. He also uses a gun that shoots the hell out of Lambert. Lambert's other partners include Liz Barondes and Norbert Weisser who wind up being hunted as well. As Weisser goes for help(there are scientists in quarantine suits on their way and Andrew Divoff is the leader who understands what is wrong with the maniac on the loose..if only he'd share with the rest of us), the other three must fend for themselves in an environment the quarry understands a lot more than them it seems. Once the maniac riddles Lambert and Barondes with bullets it'll be up to Henstridge to save them.Surprisingly suspenseful with a lingering foreboding due to the decrepit, darkly lit prison setting. Director Albert Pyun decides to close his camera in on the killer's ferocious fangs and blood-shot eye. Most of the time, he's shrouded in darkness. Pyun mostly shoots everyone up close with long shot sequences mainly of the spooky corridors where the killer could pop out at the cops at any time. The film, though, doesn't have much of a plot other than the killer trapping our heroes in the prison. This horrifying future where plagued humans are separated from the healthy isn't given enough treatment. Pyun tended to shoot way too many facial shots barely giving the viewer any breathing room. He edits fast as well keeping the action moving at such breakneck speed. The camera rarely sits still. I kind of liked this B-movie for what it is. It doesn't have much of a leg to stand on, but with what little story Pyun(it's his own fault, though, since it was him who wrote it..it seems like he merely designed a chase'n'attack flick) has he makes an effective little no-budget creeper.

If you let the movie suck you in then you'll be in for a tense and exciting 76 minutes. If you sit there and let your mind wander and start thinking about things such as why the police cars in the movie all have policia written on them when the movie is set in an American city (Boston I think...), you'll be in for a very boring time, and you'll probably agree with the lowly rating that this movie has on this site. It's an interesting and unique movie though, and doesn't deserve to be named one of the all-time stinkers. If you're looking for better Albert Pyun, and better Christopher Lambert, then tune in to their second project together, 'Mean Guns'.

Although this movie probably had only a small budget it definatly does not look tacky.The sets and custume's are simple and effective,the cast is good and christopher lambert looks and acts well. the film is basicly one long chase seen, which means that the 77 minute run time does not seem short, although an extra half an hour would have been usefull to give more explonation to the whole story Also it looks like the end has been cut short, which leaves you thinking how it really should of ended. My one major problem with this film is there is to much suspence and not enough action. The seen where christopher lambert gets shot is quite impressive, its worth watching this film just for that seen.Over all this is a good low budget movie, which could have been very good if they had not cut short the ending.