Fun, but not scary (contains spoiler

Rating: 6/10 (9 July 2008)

Despite using the camera style from the 'Blair Witch Project', which I have never seen, though I'm told is very frightening, this movie is not scary. I believe this to be the case because of the heavy use of CGI, which just doesn't look real, and the fact that the writers have neglected to use some obvious 'jump' moments, e.g. when the crew are wandering through the tunnels, and instead of the bugs jumping at the camera, which would have looked way better than what they did, the camera switches to night vision, and we see the bugs climbing up walls, not scary.
Despite this, the first half of this movie is tremendous fun, especially the fights between the monster and soldiers.
In conclusion, I would say that people expecting this to be a horror will be disappointed, but it remains a good bit of 'popcorn' cinema instead.