Where did all the 'B's go?

Rating: 9/10 (26 June 2008)

B-movies don't come much better than this! Whalberg's annoying is-my-voice-just-breaking accent is perfect for the role of an apparently doomed science teacher backed up by the wonderfully ditzy Zooey.
As the story goes it is absurd and "out of this world" paranoid although seemingly down to earth and, albeit for me to say, timely in these days of threat after threat. Our protagonists start their journey from gloom to doom in the unassuming all consuming city of New York. Chillingly reminiscent scenes of people falling to their death without compunction serve to remind one of the awful events of 9/11. The explanation for these events are not explored to the fullest and it is to the films credit, as disasters can never truly be understood.
Where many have found flaws in this film I felt I had finally seen M. Night's reconnection with reality. Seeing dead people, weirdos living in a cul-da-sac, crop-circle-tastic aliens and fairy tales without faries are put to the side so the director can treat the audience to a meatier stew.
When leaving the theater I couldn't help but be affected by the notion the wind could actually kill me. Hats off, M. Night. You put the buzz back in 'B' movies.