Absolutely beautiful, unique in the current box office climate

Rating: 10/10 (7 March 2017)

In today's cinema when you here the words 'Alien Invation' you think of global apocalypse and potential obliteration of the human race. This film is not that! If you want guns, explosives and mass destruction of cities this film won't give it. It's not your typical alien flick, I do admit i went into it expecting those things and spent the majority of the first hour waiting for the laser to appear, waiting for the main scientist guy to suddenly have skills with a gun that is just unfeasible in the real world, for someone with no training; but you know what, that moment never came and I thank the writers for that. Because I sat down expecting another dull action film to while away the afternoon and instead I got a beautifully made piece of cinematic mastery. This film isn't in line with the stuff that comes out of the box office nowadays, its leagues above it and to be honest it would sit more comfortably next to the type of cinema that you get at the Sundance festival and it's counterparts. I'll say again, if your looking for some gun toting aliens and a beautiful girl playing damsel in distress, look elsewhere, this film won't give it. But if you want to see one of the most thought provoking films to come out of popular modern cinema look no further because this film really makes you think about what may actually happen if aliens did come to earth, if you ignore all the stuff about time and mystic languages.