Its best quality I feel in the end is its own downfall

Rating: 6/10 (18 January 2008)

Well as most people I was sucked into this one too see what was destroying NY city. The whole mysterious aspect of it before hand was great, even had a hour long discussion at work on if it was a new godzilla movie in disguise or another alien attack flick. Now if you don't like the kind of movies that are filmed on hand-held cameras like the blair witch project then this movie might not be for you. If you get motion sickness easily try to sit at the very back of the theater or you might vomit onto the back of some poor guys head.
The start of the movie was great I thought. Pay attention to the fact that it says the camera was recovered at what was once central park. This lets you know in advance: Everyone is either dead or run off! After this we get into the movie itself. Some might think it slow, but it was essential to get a grasp of everyone's relationship to one another and get some significant and meaningful connection between the viewer and the person in the movie. To make them feel like they are in the movie and part of the group so to speak. However, some might feel it boring, but don't worry soon enough the action starts.
Now I feel the monster was revealed a little early for my tastes, I wasn't expecting anything but tail and claw glimpses until the end of the movie and everything was revealed to us. Not that it was bad or anything the way they did it, but I was just expecting something different.
The mysterious quality of the movie is both its most strong point and its most disappointing aspect. You the viewing know absolutely nothing about the monsters attacking NY City. This does not change at all through the entire movie. Now, depending on how your personal preferences are you will either like this or hate it. I personally did not like that fact. I wanted more background on what was going on with the monsters and what their story is and what the heck was going on basically. More of a robust meaty storyline. I felt like I was cheated in a way. Now, this is good from a standpoint of you being just another person on the street trying to survive, but something after the credits end in the form of a news broadcast or something to give us some closure to what we had just watched would have saved a lot of people some frustration and agony trying to puzzle out the whole thing.
Overall, I feel it was a good movie. However, I could have done with more story and less camera shaking. If your looking for a momentary distraction with some thrills and lots of screaming and some unbelievable parts, such as "Why has the camera not run out of batteries" or "How is she able to run around screaming after being impaled by a piece of rebar" "What about that bite caused that chick to explode?" "Why the heck would any normal person be concerned about filming when running for their lives?" and "So why didn't they nuke the monster?". If you are able to suspend believability go for it. If your looking for a momentary distraction for the night go for it. If you are looking for a serious monster movie with a plot to back it up don't bother. Save your $10 and see it on DVD. 6/10