What to expect

Rating: 7/10 (29 June 2005)

The whole movie up until the last few minutes is exactly what you expect from seeing the coming attractions. It is suspenseful, intense, and well-made with humorous elements (especially in the beginning), decent acting (especially from Dakota), and good special effects. References to previous Spielberg films are obvious, but not necessarily hackneyed. However, the ending is outrageous, in a bad way. Without giving anything away, I'll just say to be prepared to be shocked at such a poor ending after almost two hours of a good action, sci-fi movie. The message the movie was sending is clear, but there wasn't enough character development throughout the movie (nor should you expect that from this kind of film) to pull the ending off. But you'll have to go see it to see what I mean, so you can decide for yourself.