Homage to Triffids

Rating: 7/10 (30 June 2009)

Strange how such a low key little movie, can inspire so much hatred in viewer comments, but OK I myself hate Signs, to the same degree. However this is obviously a little genre movie, with nods to a lot of 50'ies B-movie Science Fiction - Wahlberg even speaks to a plastic plant that looks like a Triffid... And as opposed to Signs which was an awful religious sermon thinly disguised as Science Fiction, this clearly tries to take science seriously and deliver a message. Yes the message is spelled out pretty much at the start and there really isn't that much excitement and tension in the movie, but it still fits quite well with the overall mood of an indifferent society in decay. So give the vitriol a rest and enjoy it as an indie update of a 50'ies B-movie Sci-Fi flick. I bet that the upcoming 2012 will be loved by all the CGI-loving masses, but it really is still the same movie on a basic level as this one...