just another silly alien flick

Rating: Null/10 (12 July 2007)

Like the summary suggests, there's hardly anything new about Shyamalan's 'Signs'. It started off on a somewhat sort of promising note. I mean if the fear of the unknown just remained that, instead of becoming fear of the alien, then it would have been a far more engaging flick. The actors seemed to perform better until it's known that aliens were attacking. That's when acting becomes overacting or hardly acting (which is the case with Gibson). Why did Shymalan opt for a typical Hollywood flick? Probably just to feed the majority of the younger teen generation with what they find entertaining. After all this might be the break they're looking for from the brainless sex comedies.