Starts good, slowly declines

Rating: 6/10 (18 May 2014)

I'm going to start off by saying, don't expect to see much of Bryan Cranston (Walter White from breaking bad). He is WAY over advertised in the previews. Now with that being said I'll finish up my review.
To be honest when it started out I was on the edge of my seat begging for more. As it progressed it only got better and more interesting until around 1/3 of the way through the film. After that 1/3 of the way through it becomes painfully apparent that this movie really isn't going to bring much to the table other than snappy visual effects and scary music. With such good storytelling in the beginning and such great acting and action sequences, I was pleasantly surprised only to be let down by the thinning of the plot, the pointlessness of the human actions and the overall focus on the "all American soldier" got old pretty fast. The irony is that if the beginning hadn't been so good, the ending wouldn't have seemed so bad.
Conclusion: The action sequences really suck you in, the pure scale of the movie is incredible and the monsters look amazing, but the plot gets worse as time goes on and the American soldier focus gets old REALLY quick. I'm glad I saw it in theatres for the experience, but I'm not sure I'll be suggesting it to anyone, and I certainly won't be buying it.