Empty and Dull

Rating: 4/10 (22 August 2009)

After seeing this film, I have a really hard time believing this movie was written for anything more than to have an excuse for recreating video game weapons on the big screen. If you have ever played Half-life 2 or Unreal tournament, you most likely noticed the weapons were extremely similar to the favorites in the games. In Half-life 2 we have the gravity gun, which lifts and throws objects and can shoot energy pulses. From Unreal we have the lightning gun. Other than the few lame scenes involving alien weapons there was zero action or excitement. I recommended this film to my friends I was going with and 2 of us dozed off a couple times. The plot is the stupidest thing ever written. Please let me sum it up, Aliens came from nowhere, are let to live in in the slums, there are thousands of them, they don't speak English and cant write. The MNU is attempting to visit aliens door to door so they can sign eviction notices to move elsewhere. They fail, and the ship leaves. Lame. Lame. Lame. How can you pay attention after seeing this silliness? I've never felt more misled and embarrassed to recommend a movie in my life.