Prisoner of War

Dr. Michael Harris joins the 2nd Mass to teach how to save the children captured by the aliens. Hal and Karen try to rescue Ben, but she is captured by the alien and Hal is forced to see the remaining kids killed by a Mech to deliver a message to the survivors. Tom succeeds to capture a skitter alive while Pope is promoted to the new cook of the 2nd Mass.

"Prisoner of War" is an episode of "Falling Skies" that may be a turning point with the capture of a skitter alive by Tom. Now with Dr. Harris, it might be a leverage for the survivors. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Prisoner of War"

WAY too much hooray-patriotism. With a generous dollop of sudden religiousness. I'll give it a chance since I have nothing else to watch at the moment. MAYBE it'll get better. But so far this looks very much like a propaganda film for "youths" to awaken the long-lost "values".

All adult actors play their usual boring roles with their usual boring stereotypes, no surprises. All child actors are plasticky and conveyor-molded. WAY too many hugs and snot. Special effects are a bit dull. Sound effects seem to be taken from an open-source library. We'll see how it goes. So far so bad.

After all the build-up, this was a disappointment. No suspense, no thrills/chills, little action, just a lot of talking, talking, talking and more talking. And was ...Boring !!

Started without alien Invasion and just went straight to the story. Not what I have expected from director(s) like Steven Spielberg. Too much talking and less action.I think War of the worlds and Walking dead did a better job of post apocalyptic survival and was far better than this one.

On one side: The aliens, green, six-legged and known as Skitters. They have an army of bi-pedal robots armed with obligatory death rays that ruthlessly mow down any adult or child in their path. Teens are taken hostage to be rendered dead-eyed and compliant by nasty lobster-tail-like harnesses attached to their spines.

On the other: the Massachusetts 2nd, led by the tough but just Weaver (Will Patton) with Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) as his overly learned but still manly second in command, with pediatrician Anne Glass (Moon Bloodgood) providing medical assistance and humanism. Mason is our point man, a history professor with an expertise in the military, which enables him to lead Recon groups and make stirring comparisons to other oppressed but triumphant people.

I guess a press kit can buy good reviews.