It was OK but it pulled a Shyamalan

Rating: 5/10 (11 July 2009)

OK. First of all this was an OK movie. I have seen a lot of movies and am very critical of them. I love Nicolas Cage. I think if he's in the right movie, with the right role, he will do well. Thankfully this movie is one where in my opinion he has a good role. One problem I had with him though is that although he tries to convey emotion, he doesn't do a very good job in this film. Another problem I had was the "natural disasters". They came out of nowhere and didn't develop themselves early on to give the audience any real emotional ties to them. Therefore when they happened the audience (and by audience I mean myself) didn't really care. I guess though that it can be overlooked. My main problem was (you guessed it) then ending. I mean come on. From the very first moment I saw the Blondie guy I thought, "Oh god he had better not turn out to be an alien". Guess what? He did. Couldn't they have come up with something more clever? I could see the ending from a mile away. Other than that it was an OK thriller but I wouldn't recommend it.