Nice twist, but no tension

Rating: 7/10 (7 May 2013)

After a war with alien invaders, humans won, but the earth was nuked. Jack and his partner are in charge to maintain infrastructures that clean the earth in prospect of a future return of the species, while fighting remaining aliens that hide on the planet. They perform each day the same routine, living their mechanical existence in a bubble.
Jack seems to have reminiscence of the life before the war. How can that be? In his dreams, a woman always appears. On day, a spaceship crashes on the planet and his dream turns reality. How come he knows her already? Is the reality he believes really the truth?
The film depicts with a beautiful scenery the lone and cold existence of Jack and his partner in a post-apocalyptic planet. The reversal in Jack's reality is a nice plot.
Unfortunately, despite its slow pace, the movie fails to develop the characters. Instead, it feels like an alternation of still photographs and actions-packed scenes, leaving little place for emotions.
The movie also fails to develop a coherent unity, and progresses instead as a succession of deja-vu from other sci-fi movies.
Finally, the movie implies that alien technology is in some way limited, and that they must exploit humans for certain tasks. Again, the movie fails to develop a coherent universe and the plot has numerous holes.
I would recommend this movie only for CGI and design lovers.