A reasonably good thriller

Rating: 7/10 (12 May 2018)

A bit of a cross between 'The Road', with its dystopian apocalyptic world made all the more scary by the presence of one's children, along with 'Predator', with alien creatures and their different sensory abilities preying on humans. I don't think there is anything terribly new here, but the story is well told by director John Krasinski who also stars, and the performances are all pretty good. You do have to suspend disbelief a bit on a few things, but it wasn't so much that it detracted me from enjoying the film. I do wish that there was more restraint in the ending, and that the shotgun hadn't been a part of the solution. The way it is, it's like if the bacteria in 'The War of the Worlds' had just made the aliens vulnerable, so that they could then be blown away by firearms.