THE APOCALYPSE is another example of the paucity of science fiction films on offer throughout the 1990s. This one's a cheapie with dumb characters doing dumb things throughout, and worst of all it was written by someone whose attempts at highbrow lead to endless Shakespeare recital which really takes the biscuit. If you can make it through the first ten minutes without wincing then you're a more patient viewer than me. The rest is the mix of the usual low-rent tropes and tough Ripley-esque heroine action, but it's all very predictable and silly.