How bad is bad? Watch this and find out

Rating: 4/10 (26 January 2010)

There are two things going for this movie: first, it's shot so darkly (with a hand-held camera), you can't see much the stupid antics of the characters in this so-called story. And, second, it ends after seventy-one excruciatingly boring minutes. And, not a minute too soon...
If you're into excessive use of CGI and special effects, then by all means see it.
If you're looking for a rip-off from maybe a dozen other movies e.g. The Thing (1982), The Blair Witch Project (1999), Predator (1987), Alien (1979), Godzilla (1998), King Kong (1933, 1976, 2005) etc etc, then, by all means do go and see it.
As a metaphor for the tragedy of 9/11, however, it just stinks. Shame on the whole production cast for making this piece of trash.
On the other hand, I give it points for those special effects, the CGI (albeit excessive) and the frenetic editing (which is still often annoying). And, I give the (forgettable) actors a point for having the moxie to actually appear in this pile o'sh**t.
Not recommended for (real) kids or serious movie-goers.
And, look, if you want a much better non-stop action/terror flick, using hand-held camera, see REC(2007) – but, only the Spanish version.