Most tedious film of the year

Rating: 1/10 (18 February 2003)

Perhaps it's because "Taken" presented an alien-theme story that kept you on the edge of your seat for most of 20 hours that this film seemed so staggeringly slow and tedious. "Taken" didn't drown in so many cliches, either. This was "Night of the Living Dead" meets "Field of Dreams."
The story had nothing unique or particularly interesting about it, and I didn't feel the actors were ever in character, not even the kids. I never felt they were uneasy or scared, and thus, neither was I. After about 35 endless minutes, I watched most of the movie at double speed with subtitles, didn't miss a thing, and even then, it seemed slow. I think the day is over when anyone can be spooked by someone taking 5 minutes to walk down a corridor with thumping sounds off screen.
Can this have been made by the same director as "The Sixth Sense"? It doesn't seem possible.
The deleted scenes on the DVD were more interesting than the film itself and they added needed character background. I can't believe they were cut for time when the movie had so many scenes that contained endless minutes of nothing.
Others have mentioned the plot holes, and I totally agree. The entire concept of a race which can be destroyed by water coming to earth is plain silly. And why, when the TV reports that people in other areas have found "ancient" ways of defeating the aliens, do they not report what that method is? "I'mmmm melllltinnnggggg..."