Good movie but below average for Spielberg.

Rating: 6/10 (18 July 2005)

The story takes place in New York City and focuses on a divorced man named Ray Ferrier(Tom Cruise) whose two kids Rachel(Dakota Fanning) and Robbie(Justin Chatwin) come to stay with him while Ray's ex-wife(Mirando Otto) goes to Boston to see her parents. Ray's kids are very unaffectionate towards him and obviously favor the mom much more than him. On this same day, Aliens come down in through lightening into the ground and start driving massive machines that annihilate everything they see. Ray takes his two kids and leads them on a journey to Boston, witnessing massive amounts of extermination on the way. Ray does everything he can to keep his kids safe from being "exterminated".
Stephen Spielberg is known for making amazing movies and this movie just falls short of his classics. The movie's special effects are some of the best I have ever seen, but the acting was mediocre, and the finale was terrible. The movie was good but did not add up to Spielberg's greats (Schindler's List, Jurassic Park, Jaws, E.T.).
I recommend this movie