two stories one movie

Rating: 5/10 (9 August 2011)

This movie tells us two stories indeed in two different plots intertwined: one is about a group of high school kids trying to make a zombies movie and the other one about a war between air force and an alien whose ship has fallen on Earth some years before and is desperately trying to repair it in order to be able to return to his planet or galaxy while the air force men try to prevent that and eventually kill or capture him. This fight is shown through enormous and appalling explosions and scenes of huge destruction taking place in a small Ohio town. This second plot is poor and not very inventive in itself and what saves the movie of a total collapse is the first plot, the kids one, which is vivid and shows a team of kids united by friendship, cooperation and solidarity bonds almost limitless not only about their zombies movie project but also amidst the catastrophic scenes above referred. Just a passable movie, to put it in a nutshell.