mrxavia

This rates as one of the few films I could not sit through to the end, and in my mind any film that makes me want to turn off rates a 1.

The film itself seems like just an excuse to put Jaden Smith in a sci-fi with his dad. The premise was OK, but the delivery was not, at no point was there any reason to actually feel for the characters. The dialogue was not believable, the actions of the characters was cringe-worthy and not enough time was spend explaining the reasons behind what happened, plus there were obvious plot holes that had me coming up with better and simpler solutions to their problems than the premise of the film was based on.

So my recommendation is give the film a wide berth.

If you are looking for something to scare you, look somewhere else, this is the worst excuse I have seen for a horror film. The style of shooting was as expected, shaky hand held camera, which fitted the premise of the film, but you felt like you were watching an amateur film by school kids rather than actual footage of a real event which it was supposed to depict.

Normally I expect a horror to get my heart racing a few times, and have some surprises, but the plot was too obvious, there were no surprises, nothing that would make you jump.

I would not recommend this to any film buff, ignore the hype and skip this film.