A first, and sadly not the last...

Rating: 1/10 (16 April 2002)

ID4- the first in a series of ultra-modern Hollywood eye candy garbage films that actually lack scripts. This film was conceived as a series of explosions, spaceships, aliens, macho action sequences, and one-liners that are loosely connected by inane, brainless drivel to form a semblance of a connected whole. For the majority of filmgoers, it works, because audiences don't like to think- they like to stare mindlessly at the purty pictures while riding the dopamine high. The "but the special effects were excellent" crowd loved this one, as did the "I don't like to think during a movie... I like to be entertained" bunch. For anyone who does like to think, and respects SF as a genre capable of dealing with interesting and meaningful themes, avoid at all costs. For everyone else... it has GREAT special effects! Pant. Drool. 1 out of 10.