Disappointing debut for great action director John McTiernan. The problem here is not the direction, the actors, the cinematography etc.. the problem is the story. It may not be a coincidence that this is the only film written by McTiernan in his entire filmography. The story is confusing, there are many interesting elements but they are poorly developed and combined even worse. In my opionin the film should have stuck to the story of the anthropologist who discovers a tribe of urban savages in Los Angeles. Instead the film adds a lot of random horror stuff like haunted houses, ghosts, nuns, which turns the plot in a nonsensical mess.