One thing I will not do ...

Rating: 6/10 (30 April 2018)

... is include any spoilers with my film reviews. I do not give blow-by-blow accounts of every scene or plot twist as I do not agree with doing so.
I am moved to write this review by the many, many comments I have read eulogising the film ... and those I have read criticising it vehemently. The truth, in my opinion, lies somewhere in between (but more towards the 'good' end).
The excoriating reviews are the ones that have upset me the most. OF COURSE THERE ARE PLOT HOLES. OF COURSE IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. I mean, for goodness' sake, why do people go to see a film with a premise of this nature and then proceed to pull it apart afterwards ?! How on earth does that make sense ?!
The whole point of going to see a movie like this is to escape; to suspend disbelief; to exercise one's imagination - it is NOT to talk about everything that doesn't make sense or could be done better, surely ?!
Perhaps I am being too harsh. For me, this film is no better than a 6.5 because, yes, there were lots of things that didn't quite sit right but, even though it was a little ponderous at times, when it ended I could not believe I had sat still for ninety minutes ! And THAT is the sign of a good film. For me and my films, very little else matters.
The acting was good, the monsters were excellent, there were some genuinely tense moments (if you can overlook the inconsistencies) and it was sufficiently thrilling. But it is NOT a masterpiece of the horror genre. Nor was it so shockingly awful that people need to rant and rave about its deficiencies.
If you like sci-fi/horror then you should probably go to see it. Then you can make up your own mind. But if you're the sort to pull every little thing to shreds then, please, spare yourself ... and us all.
PB