Stupid 8

Rating: 3/10 (30 January 2012)

On watching the trailer, I thought the film resembled the weak movie "Salvage" with a higher budget and highly acclaimed producer and director.
Apparently, I was right.
The higher budget changed... well, essentially nothing. It's a "monster movie" that barely has a monster in it, dysfunctional families and military who range from unhelpful to being terrible people. Oh and strange occurrences happen and occasionally get brought up although not that much - that would distract the audience from the characters who aren't charismatic and don't give the audience much investment in their problems.
Actually, despite the similar focus on unlikable characters, "Salvage" was probably more watchable - its shorter, if nothing else.