Dark Planet

When a good science fiction idea for a movie is handled badly, with poor special effects and mediocre acting, you end up with a film that no one likes to watch even on a good day. Usually when a company is doing a low budget film they get an aged actor to draw some interest, here they tapped Michael York for one of the lead roles. But even with his acting experience the whole production comes off shoddily.
In the year 2638 after being ravaged by World War 6 the Earth is dying and the only hope of survival is the discovery of a habitable planet at the opposite end of a black hole. What can I say about this film but it's not worth watching, even if you think the premise sounds interesting. The acting is stale and the effects are 4^th rate, even for 1996, they look like they came out of video game from the 1980s. I'm not going to waste any time trying to pull the good parts out from the bad because there just aren't enough to warrant the effort of giving it any redeeming qualities.
I had never heard of this film, when it popped up on my recommendation list for rentals, the brief summary that was offered about the movie sounded interesting, so I thought I'd give it a try. Big mistake. So if you see this in your rental store or in your on-line listing, don't waste your time, you'll be disappointed from the very beginning. This film falls into the trash bin category, complete waste from beginning to end, there aren't that many films that I'd throw into the trash bin, but when one comes along you have to do what you have to do.