War of the worlds meets Blair Witch Project

Rating: 7/10 (2 March 2008)

You are looking at a "War of the Worlds" setting with some unknown Force/Creature/Whatever attacking humanity (or just Manhattan in this case). The Whole movie looks like it was filmed from a hand-held camera by people caught in the incident. Even without no background-music during the whole movie it still manages to build up a dense atmosphere since the viewer is (as he experiences the events through the eyes of a small group of people - or their camera) left with almost no information whatsoever. There is no scene in which the viewer for instance gets a good look at what is wreaking havoc in Manhattan, which again contributes to the atmosphere.
The down side is that at the point, the movie ended, I found myself expecting a "second half" of the movie. ("Was this really it?").