Ooh --- a lizard and little bugs terrorize NYC

Rating: 3/10 (21 January 2008)

Most of the negative comments others have written are correct, but they're a bit harsh and possibly done to counter the over-the-top praise this flick is getting.
On the positive side there are a few decent action sequences involving explosions, attacks and chases. But, they come too late and are too short to counter all the bad that fills the rest of this movie.
The beginning is such a bore it is difficult to sit through the first 20 minutes; it's here the main characters are presented, but not really developed so you just don't care what happens to them.
Everyone seems to be using the shaky camera method of filming these days; it's not new and it's not that effective here. It actually makes fiction seem even more fake. Case in point: instead of helping his friends fight for their lives against a creature attack, shaky the cameraman just sits backs and video tapes them. Not realistic.
Amid all of the destruction and on-going panic it's amazing how empty NYC appears --- these main characters seem to wander for long periods of time without encountering another soul. Again, not realistic.
In the midst of running for their lives, one of the main characters decides he wants to visit a girl he once knew to see how she's doing. So the entire gang of goofballs trek across town and ascend several stories of a high-rise while other nearby tall buildings are being toppled just to rescue the damsel. How brave, how stupid!
When the main characters encounter some soldiers, they're given VIP treatment and airlifted out of the city via helicopter (I doubt Joe Schmoe from the Bowery or the million other people in the city are given this treatment --- if so you'd have grid-lock in the air).
Once aboard they speak gleefully as if it's their first helicopter ride over NYC. As to why the soldiers aren't more concerned with fighting the monsters than giving joy rides over NYC --- it's because this is what's needed to put the dumb in a dumb movie.
After their joy ride these goofs land/crash back in NYC. So, after more than seven hours since the attacks began these goofs still can't find a way to get off the island of Manhattan. It's the opposite of SURVIVOR; here, the clever people leave and the idiots remain.
Oh, and as for a monster flick --- we learn nothing of this monster: not it's origin, not it's name, not it's favorite color --- Nothing.
One Last Note: I've looked at some of the 10 star reviewers' other movie reviews and there aren't any. Sure ---maybe this could be their first review. Or, maybe it could just be some paid hacks abusing the IMDb system to hype this flick.