"Its Just Like War of The Worlds"

Rating: 1/10 (19 July 2003)

Gee, you think? How about it's just like War of the Worlds with a bad script, unhinged direction, and terrible acting. I was actually laughing out loud during a few scenes. Who knows, maybe I've totally lost it and this was meant to be a spoof of a science fiction thriller. You know like a Scary Movie type thingamajig. Lol, Shyamalan wishes! Some of the suspense segments when isolated are very effective, but the movie as a whole, is a total stinko. How could Mel Gibson even let this happen? He's usually so on the money. But every scene, including his, that's played for drama, bombs like Hezbollah. Cool premise, we all like these alien invader doomsday pieces, but this film needed an awful lot of work. I told myself midway through that if Joaquin started whacking the aliens with a baseball bat, that this would go down as an all time turkey. Well, he did and it is!!!!