Oh dear

Rating: Null/10 (17 August 2011)

I was really looking forward to seeing this film because I was an 80's kid and also, if Spielberg is involved I expect something good. What starts off as an interesting throw back to the Goonies era soon becomes a build up into a ridiculous mind numbing film! The kids are well cast, but the adults are rather lame and all seem to be emotional single parents (even the sheriff).
It starts off with a group of school kids making a home made horror film for a media project with a super 8 camera. After a train crashing at the local station where they are filming (it only hits a car on the track, but seems like a 5 minute nuclear bomb) the camera falls and catches some footage of something "non human"..
Well what comes next is what I can only describe as a cross between Cloverfield, a bit of District 9 and the end part of Stephen Kings IT. With generic military foes, parents that need a slap and a creature thats never really explained (and looks bloody daft) i'd say in comparison .Knowing. with Nick cage is a better film...and thats being nice.