This is a very well done grade B film in the tradition of well crafted, unpretentious projects by people who don't mind making a good movie while they are at it. In the '50's they were usually noires, and this movie has some of the elements of a mystery. The acting is good, the characters are well developed and they don't act like idiots. The mystery is not too difficult to work out, but the action is more about how it will play out, who will survive and who you want to survive. The explosions and splatters are graphic. One of the reasons the mystery is easy to figure out is that there are lots of little incidental touches that turn out to be clues, and they help to create the atmosphere and the personalities.

The premise of Pine Gap suddenly being out of communication together with a group of special elite tactical soldiers to investigate and rescue the resident scientists -sounds great. With the some-what acceptable production and stages, it achieves the claustrophobic environment. Unfortunately what you actually get is a bunch of redneck amateur hippie yobbos masquerading as the elite forces!!! They appear unprofessional as if they have just stepped out from the pub, they grunt and can't put together any intelligent dialogue. Elite force?? Not sure why they would be classed as that. Pine Gap is a US military facility but where are the US special ops??? No way would the US allow a bunch of hillbillies to infiltrate their top-secret spy base. That aside, the movie is excruciatingly slow, the acting is atrocious and the script poorly written. This movie is a complete waste of any viewer's time and is best to be avoided.

Although this movie may have borrowed a bit heavily from a few better made sci-fi films, (and you can pick and choose as you see fit where hints of 'Aliens', 'Scanners', 'Resident Evil', and 'Doom' is sprinkled in throughout), this film still manages to thoroughly entertain throughout the length of the film and even provide a fairly decent, "Hmmm, I definitely wasn't expecting that" conclusion at the end of the film. Usually, if a sci-fi movie doesn't begin to deliver a believable plot, good character acting, and more importantly, strong, well thought out dialogue within the first 15-30 minutes of the film, I tend to find other things to do while watching many movies, i.e., multi-task, if I just don't turn off the movie entirely or watch something else altogether, but this movie did manage to keep my attention focused from beginning to end, . . . even though there were a couple of times where I had to pause, rewind, and playback just to make sure I didn't miss an important scene or clue in the movie, but overall a fairly good and entertaining movie!

The plot is quite simple but powerful. It is intelligent from the beginning trying to show you very little as the movie goes along. I was very surprised with acting in general, cinematography, art, editing and music. But perhaps the thing I liked the most is all references to Area 51, and conspiracy theories. From EVE to Genesis project, and quoting the Soviet Union paranormal experiments during the cold war which, now we know, were actually real, at least in their intent. I also enjoyed the several classic science fiction movies homages like James Cameron's "Aliens", Roger Donaldson's "Species", the Resident Evil games and even Steve Barker's "Outpost" if you want, and some others. Perhaps the main issue that generates dislike is the lack of dynamic and rhythmic editing during the 2nd part of the film. The climax to be precise. Nevertheless I think it is a good film for those hardcore science fiction fans that are always searching for new productions.