Occupation: Rainfall

Current IMDB score of 5.4 is not too far away from the mark. I'd say it's around 4 to 5.5ish if I really push it. It's a very generic sci fi flick that doesn't aspire to be something greater or deeper than your typical shoot em up where all aspects of the story are skimmed through so you aren't really invested in any of them except staring at action scenes after action scenes.

Out of everything I thought the coolest thing was the alien queen's armor. Some parts of CGI were well made but it was generally inconsistent and towards the poorer side. I think with a budget of 25 million AUD they could've done better, perhaps take out a few action scenes but flesh out the rest and of course the script. But I enjoyed it nevertheless as I knew what to expect.

Wanted to like this film but can't for the life of me understand how it rates here as well as it does. Started well but soon deteriorates into a chaotic mess. Most of the effects and live action sequences are confused and lack impact. The performances are amateurish to acceptable. Over long and still there is "Chapter 2!" - Makes one appreciate "Beyond Skyline".

For Pete's sake, so much elitist posturing. A movie can just be fun, and this one is. Yes, it's your standard alien invasion movie, but it has amazing visual effects, neat makeup and most importantly, rousing excitement. If this was a horrible film, I'd say so. No, I don't work for the studio. No, I'm not friends with the director. But as much as I love Seven Samurai, I can also appreciate having a good time. So chill out and have some fun!

I honestly question the truth behind some of these reviews. Very apparent that they don't match the film once you watch it.

Bad acting, uninteresting storyline and just tries too hard.

I walked out.

I'm not going to rate this highly just because I should support local talent. Let's call an apple and apple and a sub par movie a sub par movie.

Not good.

When I see reviews like this I get really suspicious about the legitimacy of the reviews on IMDB. Yes, I know its an Aussie movie and support the Australian film industry and everything. But to have crew members or friends come and put up reviews which are just not accurate is lying to people. The movie has great special effects, really amazing. No complaints there. But that's about all it has going for it. The story is so disjointed and incongruent, it just doesn't flow. One minute people are in one place, and the story skips and you're like "did I just miss something?". There's also notable continuity errors. An example is one of the actors gets splashed by 'clear' alien blood, then in the next shot its a blue/black colour. I don't believe this is just a case of 'its not your taste in movies', I'm a big sci-fi fan, it's just some people didn't do their job well on this movie - mainly the screen writers. There's other good Aussie movies out at the moment which are far better made, like 'Dry' or 'The Furnace' - I'd recommend them over this.