**6**/10 if you really appreciate plasmic blue and purple **5**/10 realistically, and not worth rewatching Would be a completely forgettable "**5**", but I really appreciate the colored monochromatic scenes of stellar vistas and generally good and intense cinematography. It's very moody, and, when the score is good, it, along with the effects and lighting work, are able to create a fascinating and foreboding atmosphere. Unfortunately, there's really not enough inspired artistry or _Alien_-like plot and production design, and the shots are generally too short. The script's problems are the spare and uninspired writing and storytelling, and the lack of dynamics of the tone. There are also a lot of really abrupt cuts which keep the film from immersing the viewer in important ways. The characters just aren't that compelling, either, despite James Spader's quiet intensity, and the villain is just creepy in a banal way. The --no spoilers-- mystery premise is interesting, if not exactly original, but it still boils down to being an action survival thriller in space. Still, the blue and purple thing is really nice to look at. Ps. Oh! Vanessa Marshall voices the computer. I didn't even recognize her. I swear, that woman had the most naturally wide range of any female voice actress I know of. Great performance and absolutely silky and sultry.

Never heard of this film before. Or if i have, I must have totally forgotten it. To be honest O didn’t realize Walter Hill was making films as late as this. Hill was a very good director but I do find the two films he is most famous for, The Warriors (1979) and The Driver (1978) both overrated. I prefer Southern Comfort (1981). I think that’s the best of the ones that I’ve seen. This one is terrible. And seemingly the studio knew it as they hired Francis Ford Coppola to try and sort out the mess and make some sense of it. Not sure what is Hill and what is Coppola but it all sucks. A messy, convoluted bore with no redeeming qualities at all. So…

badly done standard boring spaceship finds mystery thing and go psycho storyline + bad editing