Great movie...not sure I'm glad I saw it

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2005)

All I can say is wow. I can't recall seeing a movie that's made me feel physically ill, until this one.It was an incredibly powerful movie to me. It's relentless. The hits just keep coming and coming. You never have time to recover from one awful event before moving on to the next. It evoked deep emotions in me and left me reeling for hours after leaving the theater. There were moments I wanted to actually get up and leave the theater, but I just couldn't not find out what was going to happen, even though I knew how the movie ended. As a parent, watching this movie was difficult; it was very easy to feel the desperation of the character played by Tom Cruise. The most horrifying events in the movie had nothing to do with special effects or alien shock scenes. They were simply watching how inhumane humans can be to each other. Even though I knew that would be a theme in the movie, I wasn't prepared for what I saw. Definitely not the feel good movie of the year, and while I can say it's probably say it's the scariest thriller I've ever seen, and a great movie, I'm not sure I'm glad I saw it. Don't take your small children, and save yourself the popcorn money. You won't be in the mood to eat 10 minutes into the flick.