Great movie - if you can just get passed the concept

Rating: 7/10 (6 July 2018)

This is a tense scifi movie about a family trying to survive against sound tracking monsters.
The film feels quite high-brow there is quite a lot going on with the characters as they try to survive against a relentless foe and the monotony of an existence where you can't even shoot the breeze.

The acting, production, effects are all amazing!
The aliens are ferocious, scary and look feasible.
It really is a great film.
There is a but coming.

The concept is so out-there that it is hard to get passed it.
I watched this with my girlfriend, when we should have been concerned for the characters we found ourselves having discussions about how the aliens work:
Why don't the aliens run into the trees?
why don't they spend all day chasing rabbits and pigeons around?
Couldn't you just throw a ringing phone in to a pit of spikes and watch them jump after it?
How, if they can't see, did they overcome the worlds' armies, navies and air forces?
etc. etc. etc.
Rather than entertaining all these questions were a bit distracting.
There are some clues laying around about the aliens in the back of some shots but they just made it more confusing if anything.
Also the last scene in the film is like someone blowing an entire cigar into your face just as you finish a superb dinner.
I recommend this, I think the concept is too strange to "work" but if you can get passed it then this is a great watch.