Maybe the worst Spielberg-like movie

Rating: 1/10 (1 August 2011)

This movie is really something you don't want to see. It contains all the already-seen Spielberg stuff: a band of kids, with their bikes, doing many things, without fear (even when there are explosions everywhere), very smarts (they are able to find secret videos), some bad people from the army (but don't care: they die by the end), a good cop who fights against the evil army system, some gentle love between two of the kids, many good feelings, some digital special effects, and of course a happy end. That's it.
The only thing that is correctly done is the alien: strangely enough there is not too much dramatic effect to render it. But of course, though one expects it is a monster, there's no doubt it has a hart when it sees how the young proud American kid is involved in saving his girl-friend.
If you like old-fashioned Z movies, with old pop-corn ceremonies, maybe you can give a try.