The Horror -Spoilers

Rating: 4/10 (18 September 2002)

As most people I have seen the two previous movies by this very promising director. And now I have to ask myself: is he done already? "Signs" was very disappointing compared (of course) to "Sixth Sense" and "Unbreakable". It just seems to be such a mixture...
Major Spoilers ahead: Maybe it would have worked without the appearance of the Ufos all over the world. I think it is much scarier when you and your family are the only one who notice the invasion. But the way Shyalaman wrote it, it´s obvious that the world is visited by aliens and the audience is just guessing all the time: why are aliens using theses signs navigating on earth when they have done all the very, very long way through our galaxy without them? Why don´t they use any weapons? Why is there no chaos in the streets and evacuation like shown in ID4? And how can one possibly trying to avoid invasion by aliens by just blocking doors and windows? Don´t aliens use tools? How do they build their spacecrafts? And is it clever to invade a world of 70% water and kidnapping people consisting of 70% water when you wind up dead by the pure contact of water to your skin? (There is a french fun movie from the 70s with Louis de Funès with aliens you react just the same way.)
So I´d go with ONE sign, ONE ship and crew probing the neighborhood of Mel´s house and with the horror of being attacked without the sheriff and townfolks believing me... and by the way: Gibson can´t act at all...stick to Willis
Better luck next time, ´nuff said, Night!
Macaulay J. Connor 4/10