Not good

Rating: 4/10 (23 August 2014)

This has to be the worst movie I have seen for years (ever?) (Which includes the latest Spiderman and Transformer films for way of baseline). So clichéd - seriously any cliché you could think of added; and more for sure. Massive destruction (thousands killed?) not really addressed, but don't worry - Mum, Dad, kiddies (lots of 'em) - (maybe) OK, of course. (It kinda reminds me of Independence day - in that everyone depends on 1 guy - except here is doesn't carry any weight, his abilities don't seem to carry any weight, and he doesn't seem to have any characteristics that contribute to the solution. Yeah, you know nearly everyone important will survive. But most grating is how lovable and endearing all the 'needed' characters are needed to be. Indeed how clumsily our investment in them is constructed. The hero, the dutiful family, the saccharin moments. I wish I could better put into words how bad the film is. Pass. Not the grade - but the advice.