OK....Expected much more!

Rating: 6/10 (10 July 2005)

There is no question there is a lot of CG and SE in this movie but very little (given the movie's length)in respects to any info on the aliens or machines. They spiced the story up with a neurotic kid who just screams all the time; not in a mild scream, a very loud and emphasized scream which I found very distracting. Another kid who suddenly wants to join the Army without a weapon or training even though he saw how fruitless their weapons were. These sub-plots were simply contrived and were, in my opinion, added to the film as a stuffer. I had to add the "contains spoiler" to my outline since it could be said that the neurotic kid and the 'join the army' son were important sub-plots. A definite disappointment given the hype. The acting however was not bad, the only reason for the 6.