M&J

It started off creepy, suspenseful, and I liked how it didn't try to explain the why's and how's of everything. It described the events from the character's perspective. I've heard complaints about the dialog, but honestly, I thought it was well written, realistic, dialog. The acting was pretty good too. I also liked how the humans really never had a chance. These aliens have probably done this sort of thing thousands of times before. Everything the aliens did was streamlined and the human race was just meat for the grinder. They should of run with that theme: pure hopelessness. But what Hollywood studio would let that fly? I think the main complaint people have with this film is the plot. It was a beautifully simple plot that they muddled up in the end. Also, the film had plenty of golden opportunities to latch on to certain themes and run with it: helplessness, teamwork, chaos vs order, and the afore mentioned utter hopelessness in the face of certain doom. Instead, they let these moments go and just fed us more special effects. The mother-ship scenes showed promise, but then they introduced some ludicrous plot twist in the final seconds.

Still, I've seen worse... a lot worse. (Battlefield Earth, just about anything by M. Night Shyamalan) The film was actually fun. I'd see it again if it was the Sunday morning flick and I felt like being lazy.

You know, if the producers of the film had involved the indie sci-fi blogs more, this film would probably be considered B-Movie gold instead of comic-book-guy's "worst picture ever" label. I think the criticism of this film says more about the importance of good buzz than anything else.

See it if you've got nothing else to do and you like sci-fi. Watch it alone. It will be a guilty pleasure.

I stumbled upon this film early one Saturday morning. Maybe I was feeling especially receptive that day, but I instantly wanted to find out what was going on. The plot is interesting and the various story arcs make you want to care about the characters--something a lot of big-budget films lack. Unfortunately, the budget and production value prevented me from becoming fully absorbed in the film. The quality of the video is really great--for a home movie. For a professional film, this is worse than most mediocre made-for-Syfy creature flick. Cars in the background, doors from modern times. Corrugated metal roofs on buildings. Graves with names drawn on them with sharpies. If this film had a proper budget, it might of done well. I guess it says something that the plot and acting kept me wanting to watch even though the budget short-falls. It's akin to building a mobile home on top of a foundation for a mansion. Really nice foundation--but you only had enough money left to truck in a used mobile home and park it on top. I gave this one a 7 out of 10.

I just saw the opening sequence. It involves a shootout in a small town between two groups of werewolves. And I have to say, it was so bad, it made me laugh. It was like a town of Mr. Magoo's trying to hit the broad side of a barn.

The fight begins when the bad guy and a good-guy, who also happens to be a little-old-lady, unload unnecessarily huge handguns a mere 10 feet from each other. They shoot a half dozen shots and only manage to graze each other. Then, a whole town worth of good guys pours out with handguns, high powered rifles, and machine guns. In an attempt to hit 4 bad guys who are basically standing in the middle of the street. Bullets fly, and even though the main bad guy is standing completely stationary behind a glass and wood door, a whole town can't hit him.

The funniest part is when some lady in the back of a truck gets out a machine gun and empties it at the bad guys and manages to hit NOTHING! Worst shootout ever. Then I gave up on the movie.