Scott_Mercer

Unrealistic overwritten dialog, contrived storytelling and woeful plot mechanics.

Can't identify with any of the characters as they are not real people but cardboard stereotypes, so the viewer has no stakes in the outcome.

If you want good 50s/60s atmosphere with cars, clothing, etc., instead watch Mad Men again, one of finest television programs ever made.

There is zero new cinematic ground broken here. It is an almost near regurgitation of its predecessor. It pleases its audience and does not challenge it in the least. But it presses all the buttons it's supposed to press.

The dialog is loaded with the worst clichés ("He's right behind me isn't he," "In English, please") but you can say that about many Hollywood wannabe blockbusters. The action is exciting but surprises are few and far between. The acting is serviceable from mostly forgettable performers...except Goldblum and Judd Hirsch. Good to see Bill Pullman again, but even he seemed to be just punching the clock.

In spite of all these qualities, it does what it says on the tin, as they say in the UK. It's an alien invasion action movie. There will be relatively little insight into the human condition, and relatively massive amounts of CGI footage of spaceships blowing things up. If you know that going in, and just eat your popcorn and enjoy the ride without thinking too much about why the characters are doing what their doing (the characters sure don't seem to be doing that) then you should have an enjoyable if slight experience.