In short, this was a bit shit.
In slightly more words...
The movie opens with the standard disaster movie technique, the mysterious Exciting Incident.
You've not got a clue what's going on, so interest is piqued, what's going to happen next?
Unfortunately what happens next is another standard technique, the words "Fifteen Hours Earlier".
I want to see aliens trashing LA, not the chattering of rich, unsubstantial and above all tedious folk.
When the action does return to alien pillaging fun it's a messed up mix of Independence Day, The Matrix and War Of the Worlds, taking all of the best bits of the action but none of the charm of any of the characters.
I believe I saw a smile being cracked at one point, though possibly just a muscle spasm as a result of an alien death ray.
One of the stars was Donald Faison, Doctor Turk on Scrubs. I had far more fun imagining JD attempting to bond with an alien gribbley than actual watching the film.
It's a movie that has the look of a big budget. I'm all for curbing the excess of the Hollywood crap machine, but couldn't they have made a better film?
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