Boring, Predictable and Requires Complete Suspension of Belief

Rating: 3/10 (14 January 2006)

I just finished watching this and I guess the box office results should have given me an indication of what to expect. This movie had no sympathetic characters (unless you can relate to an incompetent father, screaming 10 year old or foolhardy teenager) and the motivation of the aliens was unfathomable. Everything from how the aliens end up on earth to what eventually causes them to leave makes no sense. If you're expecting a decent action film with a few larger than life characters this film will disappoint. If you're expecting something similar to the original you'll also be disappointed. In fact the only thing that probably won't disappoint most people is the 15 minutes of pretty incredible special effects that will give your big screen/sound system a work out. You can spend the rest of your time speculating on the whether Tom and Katie will stay together.