Boring and uninspiring

Rating: 5/10 (30 July 2005)

Cheap version of a great story. It doesn't come close to CD original by Jeff Wayne. The original sounds of the album were surprisingly left out. Cruise is not as his best here. Only the daughter does some good acting. There are a lot of illogical things in the story concerning technological features and the behaving of other people. The characters didn't invite to really get into the story. Also the story missed a kind of body. It seemed more a sum of different parts. The alien characters were semi OK. The final part was abrupt and too short. Buy the CD, close your eyes and use your imagination. That will be by far more impressive.