Unspeakably bad

Rating: 1/10 (20 February 2008)

If only I'd known that J J Abrams was involved I wouldn't have gone within a mile of this utter stinker. Unfortunately I deliberately avoided seeing or reading anything about it before going in the hope that any surprises wouldn't be spoilt. Sadly the only surprise was that I made it to the end. The appallingly bad fake-camcorder style is annoying after about two minutes and by the end of the "film" it is migraine-inducing.
The only character of any interest says almost nothing meanwhile his idiot friend won't shut up yet says nothing of value or interest at any time.
There is no story at all worth mentioning, if you've seen the trailer then you've seen everything that happens in the film already. Actually you've seen a better cut of it, the trailer looked cheesy, formulaic and predictable (which really should have warned me Abrams could be involved) but at least it was over quickly and had some small promise that the full movie might be interesting.
If you like monster movies: avoid this, the monster is on a par with a cutscene in video-game at best. If you like action movies: avoid this, watch the invasion scenes from ID4 again on cable. They are a million times better If you like sci-fi movies: avoid this, there's nothing here for you at all If you like mysteries: avoid this, there is no mystery, except how they were allowed to put this garbage on general release In fact if you like movies at all: avoid this.