Don't listen to the negative reviews

A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Sigh…the stupid government once again attempted to create an inexhaustible and indestructible soldier, and of course the experiments went terribly wrong, burdening us with a half man-half mutant who pukes an awful lot and squeaks like a little girl whenever he's upset. Lance Henriksen stars as the honest scientist who immediately quit the experiment upon hearing it was a military project, but he returns (bringing the whole family with him) when he finds out his beloved guinea pig has gone on a killing spree. "Mind Ripper" certainly is a watchable horror movie, but it's very unoriginal and features pretty much every lame cliché you can think off (including the estranged father/rebellious teenage son sub plot...yawn). The characters are like wooden puppets, the dumbest things are being said and done and there's a completely pointless dream-sequence...coming from the monster!!! There's a handful of interesting gory scenes to enjoy and some of the isolated desert-locations are effectively eerie. Lance Henriksen is adequate as always, even though this is yet another inferior production he stars, and Giovanni Ribisi surely deserved a better motion picture to make his debut in. For some reason, this anonymous 90's thriller is also known as "The Hills Have Eyes part 3". Is it because it handles about members of the same family being terrorized in the desert? Is it because Wes Craven was once again involved, as a producer this time? Or maybe it's because the monster gets bald near the end like the freaky Michael Berryman in the 1977 original? Who knows...Who cares? Wes Craven probably financed this project because his son co-wrote the script and it's always moving to discover that your offspring is equally untalented as you are. Not recommended!

I really loved the Millenium series, starred by Lance Henriksen, which is why I bought the film. Obviously at some level it was a mistake. Mutant/monster films are usually very bad and this film is no exception. The basic idea itself is not totally judged to fail (well nevertheless this film would never have been a success, even with a good director & actors), but the way it turns out this is just a B-class movie. The scenes that are supposed to be scary seem more funny to me and the critter is not credible at all.However, watching this film with group of friends in restless mood makes this film shine as it is so unintentionally hilarious.

This is great, has a great story and a great monster. The characters do sometimes feel unbelievable and are never developed but the action is amazing. Starts slow and the story was a quite jumbled, but all comes together in the end, and from can be quite unpredictable. Watch it you will love it

Any movie where half of the cast dies, is promising to a horror fanatic, such as myself. Before I saw this movie, I was commenting to my father (also an avid horror movie lover) that there needed to be a new horror movie character. Between Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger, twenty-four movies have been made to date, and while they are enjoyable and I will more than likely see any movies released about them in the future, it is time for another horror movie villain to break into the scene. The Outpost (a.k.a. Mind Ripper, the title I found it under) has created that villain in Thor. This movie was predictable, but I was very excited to see that film makers were at least making an effort to get another horror movie series started. Unfortunately, this movie did not go over well with the general public, so there will probably not be a sequel. I guess that's probably a good thing since it wouldn't be the same without Gregory Sporleder (there...you know who one of the people to die is, but you have to watch it to find out who the other four are...hee, hee).