directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Written by Christopher Bertolini. Running time: 116 minutes. Rated PG-13
This film presents a promising concept. Aliens have invaded Earth; they are colonizing the planet but must destroy all life and start from scratch. (Hmm sounds like something another form of higher intelligence would do.) The last front left is Los Angeles and this is where the U.S. armed forces must hold their ground or all hope is lost. Great, there is a lot of material here to work with but the film gets drowned in constant machine gun rattle and noise that it’s hard to concentrate on the anything. Its nonstop action and unnecessary drama from start to finish with no room for any kind of relief what so ever or character development. The characters are so bland and the performances are not very good at all. I really didn’t care about any of them except the little boy and his father. In fact the best acting in this film is done by that 13 year old boy named Hector, a survivor who later looses his father, played by Michael Pena. I have no idea why Aaron Eckhart picked such a terrible film, I guess it looked good on paper, but he does the best he can with what he has to work with. The alien themselves are nothing spectacular. You might think there must be some big reveal by the end, but nope, not here. I wanted to walk out of this film. Skip it!
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