Super Bad

Rating: 1/10 (27 December 2012)

A group of stereotypical teenagers accidentally discovers something really bad. Although directed by Abrams, it has all the earmarks of a Spielberg film, as it is focused on kids in peril and borrows bits and pieces from the likes of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," "The Goonies," and "E.T." Abrams shows that he can match Spielberg when it comes to mind-numbingly stupid movies. The film starts off as merely bad but ends up being utterly ridiculous. Apparently the alien here is not of the friendly variety from "Close Encounters" and "E.T.," as this one sucks electricity out of the town, kills people, causes dogs to go bonkers, and causes stuff to explode.