Using a deep-space teleportation project, a mercenary team lands on a distant planet hoping to continue the human race instead find the planet home to prehistoric bears and must try to find a way back to Earth before the team is wiped out.
There was some decent stuff to it when it tried. One of the better features here is that there's a modicum of suspense in here from two main tactics used throughout here in the growls and roars as well as the bear's eye-view to denote their appearance on the planet. The use of the growls and snorting from off in the distance is actually well-done, as there's a couple variations, from the close-up behind the veil of the forest a couple feet away with the thunderous footfalls and whacking bushes which gets a few good moments while the bear's POV is always watching them close-by but at a rather hidden angle. This makes it all pretty creepy and gives the first half a mildly chilling air that contrasts nicely with the atmosphere found in the fresh open planet. Another big plus is that there's also a really nice couple of attacks in here, since the preferred hunting method is to attack an individual when isolated, and oftentimes they sneak up and do the damage when there's someone isolated. The encounters with the bears also work quite well, as the first one is actually pretty decent and actually has something worthwhile about it, just like the numerous hunting and stalking throughout the hillside or the last one in the caves, which is the film's best point. The last plus in here is the bloody, gruesome deaths in here which are enough to hold off the couple of problems to this one. The biggest issue here with this one is that like nearly all of the Sci- Fi Channel films, there's an abundance of absolutely atrocious CGI on display which is oddly utilized for the gore as they're terrible-styled images that are not realistic-looking at all. They're easily-spotted as being done in this manner, which really reduces their effectiveness significantly, though shockingly isn't used on the bears even they are also pretty problematic. Since the film decides to use real bears for most of the attack scenes, then it switches to the CGI violence of it afterward, there's no interaction between the bears and the victims so the attacks in here are very short and over so quickly it's hard to get anything out of them. The last drawback is that it takes a long time to get going since this one has a lot of drama with the research team and it makes the film a tad slow-going in the beginning. These here are the film's biggest problems even though there's some good points here.
Rated R: Graphic Violence and Language.
There was some decent stuff to it when it tried. One of the better features here is that there's a modicum of suspense in here from two main tactics used throughout here in the growls and roars as well as the bear's eye-view to denote their appearance on the planet. The use of the growls and snorting from off in the distance is actually well-done, as there's a couple variations, from the close-up behind the veil of the forest a couple feet away with the thunderous footfalls and whacking bushes which gets a few good moments while the bear's POV is always watching them close-by but at a rather hidden angle. This makes it all pretty creepy and gives the first half a mildly chilling air that contrasts nicely with the atmosphere found in the fresh open planet. Another big plus is that there's also a really nice couple of attacks in here, since the preferred hunting method is to attack an individual when isolated, and oftentimes they sneak up and do the damage when there's someone isolated. The encounters with the bears also work quite well, as the first one is actually pretty decent and actually has something worthwhile about it, just like the numerous hunting and stalking throughout the hillside or the last one in the caves, which is the film's best point. The last plus in here is the bloody, gruesome deaths in here which are enough to hold off the couple of problems to this one. The biggest issue here with this one is that like nearly all of the Sci- Fi Channel films, there's an abundance of absolutely atrocious CGI on display which is oddly utilized for the gore as they're terrible-styled images that are not realistic-looking at all. They're easily-spotted as being done in this manner, which really reduces their effectiveness significantly, though shockingly isn't used on the bears even they are also pretty problematic. Since the film decides to use real bears for most of the attack scenes, then it switches to the CGI violence of it afterward, there's no interaction between the bears and the victims so the attacks in here are very short and over so quickly it's hard to get anything out of them. The last drawback is that it takes a long time to get going since this one has a lot of drama with the research team and it makes the film a tad slow-going in the beginning. These here are the film's biggest problems even though there's some good points here.
Rated R: Graphic Violence and Language.