The film begins well with Ash Mattley and Dr. Carl Wessinger going off into the Sarawak jungle to look for a rare beetle that will cure lots of things with it's DNA. Something like that anyway. Then the film becomes 'Alien' then 'Predator' with a touch of 'Rambo' and 'Apocalypse Now' thrown into the mix. There is lots of action, particularly in the second half, but its 'borrowings' from other films eventually become laughable. In its favour it does have a few things to like. One, the location cinematography is colourful and attractive. Two, the music score by Christopher L. Stone. Three, Mark Dacascos being suitably sterling as the hero Ash. Four, Jürgen Prochnow being suitably unhinged as the villainous Wessinger. Could have been better.
The monster Balacau looks quite decent as a man in a rubbery suit but looks terrible in it's CGI incarnarnation.
The monster Balacau looks quite decent as a man in a rubbery suit but looks terrible in it's CGI incarnarnation.