Story starts well but ultimately becomes predictable ...

Rating: 6/10 (19 May 2015)

Not too bad – keeps you guessing and I'd forgotten about the weird cubes and just how nasty the Airforce were in this film – some exciting and tense scenes and the 5.1 surround is very good indeed (the rear effect speakers were given a good work-out!) The creature in this film just simply wants to go home (but it's somewhat more ruthless about it than ET ever was). There is a suggestion of some form of telepathic communication and link between the creature, the teacher and later on the boy. The creature (when we eventually see it) looks like a giant spider with elements of the queen from the Alien films bolted on. I'm not really sure who this film is aimed at – it's a little too gruesome and scary in some cases – for kids below 14 – but in some ways it seems to be a children's film in the same manner as 'The Goonies'. The cinematography is excellent and there are lots of deliberate uses of lens flare effects. There is also a touch of the 'found-footage' genre about this film. The train crash is spectacularly well done.