It was OK. Interesting premise, but the dialog was cheesy, and though the VFX were understandably not top notch, it was a little distracting at times. If I didn't know he was capable of it, I'd suggest the filmmaker hasn't heard of "show, don't tell," because the film cared too much about word vomit/shotgun exposition from the narrator than giving its highly competent/compensated actor the chance to show us the hell of that bleak existence through, you know, emotion. Too much was crammed into a trim runtime, and the result is a waste of Sigourney's talent on a generic, throwaway military character.

Increasingly with each of his releases, I am convinced Blomkamp is an idea man who needs to be paired with a good writer. A cool plot alone does not an impactful story make.