Mixed feelings

Rating: 6/10 (16 July 2018)

Interesting idea, but the execution gets in the way. Lets list the rather ludicrous plot devices they use.
1. Walking single file like a squad on patrol with the dad CARRYING the older son while the 4 year old brings up the rear about 50 yards behind him. Huh? Needed to provide family drama later on and of course personalize the tragedy since they dont show any of the world's collapse.
2. Living above ground while they have a basically soundproof basement they could stay in while not foraging/farming. Why? So they can continue the silence theme? For that matter why not live near somewhere with a lot of background noise?
3. As the first half is kind of a snoozefest they have to conveniently run into one of the very few survivors just after he lost his wife. Now rather than the old guy letting them go on their way like 99.9999999% of people would he decides to try and get them all killed....all so we can finally get some action and tension.
4. The aliens and how they are "defeated." So the govt/military never tried anything with sound waves/frequencies? Here is also where some context would be nice. These things are clearly hunter/killer things so what's the end game? How did they get here? Are there other types? So our family on the lam comes up with the weapon to fight back while all the Govts resources didnt come up with anything?
5. The nail in the step. A burlap bag was strong enough to do that? And she didnt check to see what it was stuck on?
6. How fast are these things? With three covering a pretty large area how is it one is always near by to react to any noise? Because they need them to get there before the person who made the noise walks twenty yards away to become "invisible" again or it would kill the suspense.
I could go on, but there were too many distractions from an otherwise pretty good movie. I think it could have been done better without all the weak plot devices. Ideas I thought were good were the fireworks set up to act as a distraction if needed, the sound proof bassinet for the baby, and the fires to let people know there were others near by. Lot of nice touches, and the acting, particularly by the kids and Blount was fantastic.