Off the shelf plot line

Rating: 5/10 (12 June 2011)

Oh dear....
This is not a bad film, but not really worth a second look once seen. The plot could have been put put together over a coffee and has no suspense elements on screen. The lead actors do their best with a muddled script and Abrahams has fallen back onto the special effects to try to make the film have some impact - he falls short by a distance.
Taking from ET, The Goonies and various bland monster films, the failure to engage the audience with any real concern for the protagonists is masterful. The heroes are unsympathetic, the villain two dimensional and the creature (supposedly intelligent), has no interesting characteristics.
Come on people - make an effort!!!