Not as scary as Alf, but pretty close

Rating: 9/10 (21 September 2009)

The journey starts as a realistic wannabe VH1 special about alien-ship floating above Johanesburg. But this fast edited, sociological and annoyingly comedic beginning sucks you into an intense nail biting story. The fact that aliens look like seafood eventually stops bothering you and the Kafkaesque transformation of the main protagonist gets under your skin. There is also a lot of Slum symbolics which kind of weakened the story in my opinion, but i guess its a part of South African reality. I am not such a fan of science fiction but i enjoy the "paranoya" movies. so far that 80s British movie Threads is still my favorite, as it depicts a nuclear war in a low budget yet frightening way. Its also nice to know Peter Jackson is supporting Talent all over the world. All in all, great movie.
p.s. There is a scene when the main guys fingernails start falling of and it is as scary as when Cooper does it to Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks. No letter T unfortunately, just bloody tissue.