I thought it was decent, watched it last night on Netflix, not great, but not horrible. Kind of predictable.

Well, better a bad Carpenter, than no Carpenter at all... Score: 5/10.

Every time I watch a modern Carpenter film I am sorely disappointed. I think from now on whenever I'm tempted I'll just watch The Thing or Escape From New York again instead.

Hehe. To be fair to Slater though he was good in the series Breaking In. The pilot was pretty tight. Shame it didn't last more than 7 eps when so much other crap got picked up this season. Freaked me out though as I watched it after watching Heathers again and the age was really throwing me particularly as he had some JD mannerisms. Slater will be popping up all over the place in '11 & '12.
Whereas Carpenter has far more to attone for as he hasn't made a decent film since '86. He should have left on a high because I don't think he has it in him anymore and his woeful outweighs the gold.

Eh, Carpenter, the Christian Slater of film making.