Do you hate yourself?

Rating: 1/10 (27 November 2011)

If you hate yourself you should watch this film. Do you want to imagine your whole family being killed, or better yet, how about you shooting your only child to save him from the monsters only to find out you were seconds from being rescued. How about letting the child open his eyes and look at you just before you pull the trigger? How about before we get set up for the most disgusting sucker punch of the century we let dad promise to "not let the monsters get him" so that we are thoroughly invested in their well being and imagine our own eight year old children in the same situation. Once you sit thought the horrific ending and realize that you were just duped into believing the film was an amazing alien invasion film do your realize the sickness that the writers must have entertained to deliver a punchline so depraved, and then you count back into the film and also realize it was so full of clichés and Hollywood shtick that you slam your own head in a door for being so stupid: happy go lucky family ... all gonna die, only crazy psycho in the film ... a Christian gone Jim Jones, educated black guy turns out to be ... yep, another small minded bigot, aliens from another dimension ... only the military could cause that, and last but not least, any grandstanding in the movie? Yes, of course, we learn that the government is too busy building bombs and giving hand outs to corporations to fund education. Seriously, Britney Spears could have written a more original set of characters and comic book lines. The sadistic film makers, I am sure, would love to make another dollar off you so give 'em a gift if you want to, but for the good of my conscience I had to write, this, my only IMDb film review ever. Hope it helps.