Interesting idea, terrible execution

Rating: 3/10 (27 July 2018)

The first 1/3 of this movie had me on the edge of my seat with tension, the 2/3 started to bore me as nothing terribly significant was happening by this point other than a couple "close calls" and the last 1/3 was just idiotic with characters making stupid decisions left and right and the only thing saving them being Plot Armor.
Now, I want to start off pointing out the things I liked about the movie; the acting and set pieces were top notch, the creature designs were not exactly original but fun to look at, the premise was promising and the tension of the first act was legitimate. I really, really wanted to like this movie because of all that.
Unfortunately, it all fell apart in the last act. When the kids hide in the truck after seeing the creature tear through the side of a grain silo, what were they thinking? What the heck is hiding from a creature that can't see going to do? Then the dad grabs an axe to do ... what? Fight off a creature that's bulletproof? Really? Same goes for the mom with the shotgun at the end. What was she planning to do with that? Annoy the creature and bring its buddies with the muzzle blast? If the daughter hadn't figured out how to weaponize her hearing aid to make the creature's armor plating go limp on it's head, then they'd both have been killed by the beast.
As far as the ending goes, I really hope that shotgun was fully loaded and she's a good shot, because the other creatures coming are fast and deadly, and as we saw with the first one, the high-frequency tone of the hearing aid only works for a short while.
Ultimately, this is another example of a great concept overflowing with potential but written by someone who lacked the talent to fully realize it and dropped the ball.