Horrendous garbage with good special effects!

Rating: 2/10 (25 August 2013)

Having watched this twice - once shortly after release and again last night - all I'm left with Is memories of cringing embarrassment.Flag- waving,'good old US of A' types will love It,everyone else will squirm In their seats. Basically,Invading Aliens are thwarted by Will Smith. But wait - Is that REALLY the American president flying a Jet-fighter and saving the Earth? What a guy!(What a joke more like!). In fact,I'm not sure which premise Is the most ludicrous - the president-cum-fighter pilot or the crop-spraying fighter-pilot. Yes,you heard right - a middle-aged,alcoholic crop-sprayer who's only ever flown a Cessna becomes a Tee-total,stone-cold sober Jet-fighter Ace pilot In....wait for It...two hours!Even If we put reality on hold for a while and pretend that the difference between a light Aircraft and a fighter- 'plane ISN'T like comparing a hedge trimmer to a combine harvester,we then need to get our heads around a hopeless drunk becoming totally drink free AND sober In literally a couple of hours IN ADDITION to his crash-course In fighter pilot training! What an absolute load of garbage! The special effects are quite good,there's no doubt about that,but the 'Mega-cliched' storyline Is sickening. Even the pre-schoolers will be baffled by this one. If you'r a 'Gung-Ho',flag-waving yank,you may just manage to watch this movie with tongue firmly In cheek,but weather you can do so without flushing with embarrassment Is another matter. Everyone else over the age of three will be hard-pressed to take It even a little seriously. If the script had been changed a little to make this a comedy,I'd have liked It. But It wasn't.And I didn't.