One of the best sci-fi films of the 90's and indeed any time period. It was not flashy or slick like the science fiction films of the period - think, Jurassic Park, Independence Day, Men in Black. Here was a thinking person's film in an era that redefined the movie blockbuster, forever. Powder was truly a deep film study of human fears, love and hate. It asked the viewer to feel sympathy not just for the lead characters but also the others who would inflict pain on him - simply out of ignorance. This movie had a strange religious undertones to it, most sci-fi flicks will not dear go there. Too bad most people back then never embraced this movie for what it was trying to show us. Why do we innately fear and sometimes, ultimately destroy anything and indeed anyone not like the us.