Had low expectations, and was still disappointed

Rating: 3/10 (22 May 2007)

IMHO this film was pretty bad.
Started off okay, with some promise of unseen terror, shock, and horror. Even some hope of deep characterisation with Robert Carlyle's character exhibiting cowardice in the face of terror.
However, that's about the peak of the storyline.
The entire plot concerning the civilian establishment, (Isle of Dogs I think), was ridiculous. Especially any scenes involving the military. Their dialogue, and their roles were just so clichéd. Take the African-American General for example. I'm sure I've seen virtually the same characters played out in so many useless American films.
So many plot holes big enough to drive a tank through. eg, unless I missed it, surely there were many ways that either soldier could have contacted their base to say where they were and that they were coming in...without having to fear being shot down.
All the jerky camera work just added to my annoyance!
Soundtrack was quite good, in fact it was the best thing about some of the scenes!
Perhaps worst of all was that I felt nothing for any of the characters. I didn't root for the 'good guys', nor scream at the bad ones.
The film just didn't have the scares, or tension that I'd hoped for.
No,I didn't have high expectations for this film before seeing it, and was still disappointed. Probably one of the worst films I've seen on the big screen since War of the Worlds (the Tom Cruise one)