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Rating: 7/10 (19 May 2012)

The acting was fine, but I did not appreciate the stereotyped New York Jew.
Randy Quaid was over-stereotyped as a post traumatic stress disordered Vietnam Veteran. I would have thought movie makers would be more sensitive to veterans since we had quite a few coming back from the first Gulf War.
The plot was full of logic holes. One viewer wondered why the hijacked fighter would have been allowed inside the mother ship, contrary to what most would have considered the alien order of battle.
Also, every time they make a scifi picture, LA always gets demolished. For the life of me I can't understand why they destroy LA time and again. Don't the movie makers like where they live? They "intrinsically" destroyed Houston in this one with an atomic weapon aimed against the invaders. So they should try destroying Houston by itself like they did with the killer bee picture in 1978, and leave poor LA alone. Can you imagine trying to get around that 2nd St. Tunnel some night while it is clogged with crew, actors, extras, and cars? Try it on the Pierce Elevated for a change.