Good Idea - Poorly executed

Rating: 5/10 (8 June 2013)

The idea for this movie is really intriguing and it kept the family talking about it all the way home (30 minute drive). Unfortunately the director decided to make it an action film rather then follow the psychological and political implications of the original idea and then compounded the error by doing most of it in a dark house so it was really hard to see what was going on.
The character development was just plain poor. I am not posting for spoilers but they use 1 or 2 sentences in the beginning to elude to how characters will behave at the end and you just don't buy it. And beyond that, some of the main characters don't seem like real people; more like archetypes.
There is also the subtext of how this situation benefits one socioeconomic class at the expense of another - I'll leave it to you to figure out which is which. I felt like I was being forced to watch another preachy Ronald Emmerich movie i.e. 2012/Day after Tomorrow.
Even with the low number I recommend you watch it as a date movie before dinner...That way you don't have to pay full price because it isn't worth it, and it will give you a lot to talk about over dinner.