Annoying waste of celluloid

Rating: 4/10 (30 January 2008)

The trailers to this film show a party in Manhattan, and people there being startled by a heavy explosion and the head of the statue of liberty flying around. They then go out on the street to investigate and end up fleeing what looks like a terrible disaster/act of terror. No further information is given about what actually happened and with that the trailer is good. Curiosity is at a high level, people go see the film. I am one of those people that went to see it.
I am one of the people that regrets having seen this film because it is one more example of how current day film makers know nothing better anymore then to copy other films and copy them poorly. Again, every single cliché is pulled out of the high hat and glued together with random things flying around, sometimes literally.
Added to that is the fact the film is too short (just 90 minutes) and even in those 90 minutes manages to spend about 25 on a slow introduction on the main characters. Although introduction is a necessity to have people bond with the characters in some way I feel that nearly a third of the film is too much of an introduction, leaving too little for the "real" film.
The one plus it has is nothing more but a gimmick, but that gimmick is not enough to make it work.
4 out of 10 running victims