Sci Lo-Fi

Rating: 1/10 (3 October 2018)

Pretentious, incompetent drivel, good only for the special effects. What was going on in the first act? Did the sound person die on set? Was what they shot so bad it couldn't be used and they had to think of something artsy-fartsy fast to cover their ass? I kept thinking: when do we get real, synchronous sound? What is the point of this other than to confuse? This is an annoying distraction from what should be essential exposition and setting the tone of the "film". Oh wait, that's the tone: welcome to an incompetent, shamelessly pretentious movie with a plot stolen from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (both versions) and not done nearly as well. The only horror was that the filmmakers thought you were supposed to be shocked, shocked by the "surprise" ending - OMIGOD, they've turned into a possibly evil, but more likely clueless alien breeding pair - who will re-populate Earth with people who mistake hastily-patched up plot black holes and bad dialogue with mystifying brilliance. You could see the ending coming a light-year away.
What's my excuse for watching this? I was bound, helpless to a chair at my ex-girlfriend's surprise birthday party for her cat - who, wisely, never showed.