Entertaining

Rating: 6/10 (23 November 2011)

Ir's hard to rate this movie, because it's not like most films I watch. I really enjoyed the stupid conversations and fighting of the group of kids, but I did get annoyed with them from time to time. There was a great deal of adventure and lust to find out what exactly is going on and what was on the train. The panic and naive nature of many "uninformed" characters definitely provided suspense. The sound design was spot on though - and it was rightfully given a "Dolby True HD 7.1" channel audio track to entertain its listeners with. I am more of a "DTS-HD Master Audio" fan, but Dolby was fine.
The quality of acting and nature of the kids makes me believe that this movie was marketed towards perhaps a younger age group. It's not that I don't have an imagination, it was the acting and the cheap CGI that the monster was made of. This was not directed by Steven Spielberg, and I could tell. It was just produced. He did have some of his own blood on it, and was still entertaining, but it was some "Holy Crap!" Jurassic Park film. I felt the CG monster was so detached from the characters and rest of the world that it was just not believable. Unfortunately, this affected my watching experience.
I do think this movie was way over rated when being advertised. For me, it did not live up to it's hype. When I found out what the monster wanted, it was rather let down. Though it was over rated, I still enjoyed watching it. I don't think it's a movie to go on my shelf, but definitely an entertaining Friday night flick.