Decent flick, weak plot, suspenseful..

Rating: 6/10 (11 August 2002)

The story of the film combines the traditional "aliens visiting planet earth" story-line with a theme overlooked in other films, crop circles. I was disappointed in the lack of information revealed in the movie's theme. It may have perhaps been the writer's intention to have the viewers' experience the happenings from a rural farmer's family perspective, but nonetheless, the "realism" aspect of the story was hard to grasp, mostly because of the lack of revealing the reactions from people on a wider scale. To me, story-line was weak, and it seemed to me the crop circles were the least touched-upon element of the movie. However, the movie did a good job of grabbing your attention and keeping the suspense going, with many scenes that may make you jump. The movie is still worth seeing, but it may come as somewhat of a disappointment for a film starring Mel Gibson.