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I wasn't expecting much from this, so the stilted dialogue and intermittent ham acting didn't bother me. Frankly if you look past all that it wove a pretty good yarn. Add a fairly charismatic Hemsworth and a couple of half decent experienced actors and you get a nice little story. I've found it harder to sit through some Hollywood blockbusters recently so lets not be too hard on this low budget effort.

I found it captivating and well done. I'm 69 years old and not a fool and this had all the earmarks of a very good movie due to the fact it didn't need gore, violence, sex and unreal cgi to make it that way.

This was one of those "makes you wonder" kind of movies. The story line makes you wonder, in a good way. About life, death, what we think we know, what we're afraid of. Theoretically it would provide an opportunity for the actors, writer, director, to sink their teeth into it. The actors did a good enough job; but the characterizations were so inept, obvious and, well, stupid, that I'd expect most people will spend the first half hour yelling at the screen, wondering why they're watching it. Don't worry, it gets better. Hah! Just kidding. It doesn't, but you get a little numb to the dialog and the characters as the story starts to emerge. So yeah, it's ok in that the story does manage to escape the movie's clutches.

The plot was interesting, the acting was okay. It was not a "creature feature", but a movie where the alien was more benevolent. If it wasn't for a smattering of profanity, this movie could easily have been PG. I would go as far as to suggest a safe movie for pre-teens.

Fairly evenly cast.

Conclusion: Not an irritating waste of time.

No, it is not a blockbuster, yes the act was less than average, the special effects are non existent, however, it is a thinking outside the box type movie and I enjoyed it. If you want to stick to paradigms that is fine but I liked how original this movie is, besides I always say see for yourself and make your own mind. You never know how is rating.