What?!

Rating: 3/10 (14 February 2008)

I can see that a lot of thought had gone into creating this film...! Unfortunately, it just didn't seem to materialise...! There was a lot of hype and they tried so hard to keep it under wraps as it was "the next big thing".
For me, this was kind of like a hybrid of films; Alien meets War of the Worlds meets Preadator meets Godzilla meets Blair Witch...! I was looking forward to seeing it and really got into the first half of the film. Unfortunately, the *none* acting spoilt it for me.
The whiny guy behind the camera was SUCH an idiot! He was the only person who acted as if he wasn't acting, the others were quite convincing.
There was a lot to take in in the film, lots of explosions, lots of drama, the decapitation of the Statue of Liberty (nicely done!) and lots of roaring and screaming. It had SO much potential. However, it turned into just another Hollywood film... The guy was looking for the "girl of his dreams" and found her, of course after running up like 50 flights of stairs (without getting too breathless) and clambering across a roof to a collapsed building only to find the girl ... still alive... albeit impaled on a spike! Of course, she survived (as only she would!) and managed to run down 39 flights of stairs with a hole though her body!! The annoying guy behind the camera was nicely killed by the "alien/beast" thing and the two lovers escaped in a helicopter...! BUT WAIT... The "alien/beast" thing manages to swipe down the helicopter killing all its passengers... or so you would believe...! Had the film ended right there, I would have given it at least 7/10 but of course, in true Hollywood style... they survived! The ending was somewhat disappointing as there is an opening for a sequel (BOOOOORING!) and the lovers may well have survived!! (Pass the sick bucket!) All in all, there was a LOT of potential in this film... but as usual... Hollywood destroyed it!! BOO!