It's been a long time...

Rating: 9/10 (12 April 2008)

but finally, here's a movie that actually gave me some moments of genuine fright. You know, like when you see Alien and the monster comes out of the stomach, or like some scene in The Hills Have Eyes that I've half forgotten. The hand-held camera used throughout the film helps, of course, and indeed much better than in, for instance, The Blair Witch Project (which was a laugh, honestly). The plot isn't much to say anything about; four young persons run through Manhattan (to help a friend) after a monster has attacked ditto, the army tries to bomb the monster to smithereens, but to no avail. It's the acting and directing of the film that makes it so good. You actually don't see the monster in so many scenes, but when you do, it's from the victims', the humans' point of view. That's nice! Some scenes are sure to stay in your mind for some time; the horse-carriage without a driver, the little creeps in the subway, the head of the Statue of Liberty laying in the street. And also, as a bonus, no-one ever utters the words: - Is it a terror-attack? The non-Hollywood ending opens for a sequel, of course. But why not?