The National Pastime - 1 Alien invader - 0

Rating: 5/10 (14 September 2002)

We like Mel Gibson, but the sum of Signs is less than the total of its parts. I thought I was paying close attention, but there were some plot jumps that would even challenge an Olympic class athlete; indeed they were leaps of faith.
Gibson, in a persistent mournful state, seems more Victoria pining for Albert, than one living out a crisis of faith.
Speaking of faith, another troubling point are the last words of Gibson's wife that later in the film become prophetic and prescient. What conclusion is to be drawn when the focus of that prediction, an American icon, the baseball bat, becomes the instrument of vindication, victory and violence.

Perhaps it is all a question of what you do when confronted with terror!