*Potential spoilers* Both movies had environmental themes. And, each had twice the budget of this one. But, while Lambert is no Schwarzenegger, he certainly did a much more riveting job with his character, in this movie, than he did as Connor Macleod in HL2. Not that HL2 being a box office flop was his fault! I guess it's just because he plays an ordinary mortal in this one. An "Everyman" sort of cop, who suddenly realizes he has one last chance to bring a little more beauty into an ugly (near-future) world. Kelly Brook is equally excellent as the scientist who may, or may not, be working with the profiteering enemy. And, Ron Perlman does such a realistic job in portraying the fiendish profiteer in question, I have no doubt that he'll be equally convincing as the latest comic-book-hero-turned-movie-star.. ."Hellboy!" My final analysis? 3.4 stars