More than I Expected (though I Didn't Expect Much)

Rating: 5/10 (22 July 2007)

If I were to summarize it, this movie is categorized best as a relatively moderate to high budget B-movie: Tolerable special effects, 2nd rate storyline, bad acting, little character development, and plot twists that you see coming a mile away. Still, what do you expect from a movie based on a line of action figures, (Yes, I know about Transformers, but at least the makers of that movie had two Saturday morning cartoons to work from as well) and on top of that, directed by a guy who is often mentioned alongside Uwe Boll and Ed Wood as the one of the most inept directors in Hollywood? That being said, most movies in this category are ones that are too pathetic to sit and watch, or so pathetic you watch them and die laughing. This one was at least entertaining to some extent.
There is a lot of plot points borrowed from this movie's wellsprings (Predator and Aliens, both excellent movies!) that fans of those movies will recognize, though there is no indication of any connections in the plot to either of those stories.
I saw this movie as a rental. While I have no desire to shell out the money even to rent it again, it's one I can see myself watching on Scfi Channel on a rainy day with nothing else on.