Wow! A real ball-tearer of a movie

Rating: 9/10 (1 July 2005)

After the recent Tom Cruise and Katie shows I was quite prepared to be put off by Tom in this movie but I have to say that he really can act. The emotion he shows is really compelling and Spielberg has produced a movie to surpass all other horror movies. This movie is certainly not for the tiny tots or weak of stomach as this is realism of the first order. The metaphors in the movie stand out - Tom covered in a fine dust - What is it? It's the dust produced by evaporated people a la September 11. The extermination of the human race by a superior race - the holocaust again and the ultimate triumph of the human race over the exterminators. My only quibble is over the ending which was a real downer. Steven, surely Miranda Otto could have at least rushed up to Tom and hugged/kissed him for bringing her children back safely rather than Tom just standing there in the distance and getting just an appreciative glance from Miranda.