Great idea spoiled by weak plot and a poor ending

Rating: 2/10 (16 January 2017)

The start of this film was so promising, I really liked the alternative approach to Aliens visiting Earth. Most films of this genre always assume that Aliens will be able to understand us and we them.
Spoiler Alert !!! My issue with the film is that the plot is just too weak and convenient. The question would be why would an advanced Alien race really care if the countries of the world get on or not, and why would they want to give us a gift? Ahhh OK lets just say that they will need our help 3000 years in the future so that's why they are ding us a favour now, so we will happily repay it one day. Also if they can travel around time and space with relative ease then why cant they sort out there own problem in 3000 years?
To summarise, great idea and a promising start, still interesting after 20 mins, then it starts to get over complicated and in parts very boring. Acting good but some characters seem unnecessary and just tacked on to get the A-list count up. The ending made me feel cheated and slightly confused.
Such a shame as I was expecting a really amazing film, also of note there is no re-watch value.