Ultimately disappointing.

Rating: 5/10 (1 December 2003)

This film was strongly recommended to me by a number of people (usually a bad sign!) so, when I saw it for sale cheap, I bought it.
I quite enjoyed the first half. Quite tense, a few mild surprises, Joaquin Phoenix trying hard, quite promising. But what happened in the second half? It turns into a thinking man's 'Mars Attacks' crossed with 'Independence Day'! I was glad when it ended.
And what about Mel Gibson? Not only has he lost what acting talent he had, he is hardly recognisable as 'Mad Max'. Is he going to stand for Pope when the present incumbent finally snuffs it? I think he should!
If you haven't seen, then don't bother.