Intense special effects

Rating: 7/10 (21 January 2001)

*MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS* The movie itself, is apocalyptic entertainment that flies off the Richter scale. The special effects are first rate. Merging this with a string of bare bone vignettes of people, brought together by a cataclysmic event. That being, large UFO hovering over cities of the planet.

The sequence of events revolves around the plot that the UFO's arrive, the military sends up a "Welcome Wagon" and it gets zapped. All Hades breaks loose. From there, it's the humans versus the homicidally-inclined side of ET's family.
The humor is tongue in cheek, and although not void of a lot of end-of-the-world cliches, it's still a lot of fun. As an extra bonus, the soundtrack is great. Randy Quaid is terrific. This movie, like a nuclear blast, will send you out glowing. Recommended.