Awfully Awful

Rating: 1/10 (2 July 2009)

First off- Nicolas Cage... He is, in my opinion, a dry, horrible actor so I wasn't expecting much. The main kid, Caleb, as well as several extras were awful read-with-a-script-in-their-hands actors as well. The plot is next to nil. An appropriate metaphor would be if X-Files and Star Trek (two of my most favorite shows) had a mentally retarded bastard child. Seriously. And I would have to throw a Sunday morning sermon in there, too. It's like Sci-fi meets drama. The main character discovers information of the utmost importance, but yet still has the time to dwell upon his bad relationship with his father, his religion, yada yada. The actors keep making the same predictable mistakes over and over. I had the whole movie figured out in about 20 minutes. Don't waste your time! Unless you liked and sat through the awfulness that is The Day the Earth Stood Still. Go watch I Am Legend instead. Mostly different genres, but still- watch it!