meh?

Rating: 6/10 (23 April 2018)

I read the trilogy (Area X) a while back and I thought it was very intriguing, even though it never explained what the shimmer was or how it operated, but this movie just turns it into mush.
1) They changed the ending.
- Now I know that a lot of book to movie adaptations change some story lines to make it work better with the different medium, but this change felt rushed. It seems the writers completely changed the ending to the story so that the original trilogy could be contained in one film.
2) They explained the shimmer.
- While this may tie into them changing the ending, I felt like leaving some unanswered questions made the original story as entrapping as it did. By just wrapping it up and saying, "It was aliens, you guys!" I felt like they weren't sure how to conclude the story and instead just pulled rationalizations from a hat.
My main point? The trilogy should've been saved by making it into a tv series. It would've been a better format for the story, as well as making the story lines feel more authentic.
6/10 stars. And that rating is only because Area X is one of my favorite book trilogies.