More Unwatchable Pap from J.J. Abrams

Rating: 1/10 (1 May 2009)

J.J. Abrams is apparently so deprived of ideas as a director that he shakes the camera every time he does not know what to do.
The result? Yet another movie that, while not as awful as con-movie Cloverfield is empty of anything remotely engaging and plays as an exercise to wring the last drop of value from a concept it trashes.
I could go on about the stilted acting, but really, given the stilted lines, was there really any hope for those actors?
As in all J.J. Abrams productions, the only redeeming quality is the workmanlike score by Michael Giacchino who has shown again and again an ability to rise past the tedium of the bad movies and TV shows he seems to always get stranded with.