Anne Lee
8-7-11, 9:19pm
A real shoot em up w/ aliens. A little bloody for my taste. The main characters weren't that compelling; I never did grow to like the Harrison Ford character and was meh about the Daniel Craig character. Some of the secondaries were a little more interesting, particularly Nat (Adam Beach). The aliens really aren't characters as much as foils so in that sense it's not truly sci-fi.
The story was predictable. Advancing the plot depended a lot on some expository info by Ella (Olivia Wilde) and it never was quite clear to me how she KNEW all the stuff she supposedly knew or how she ended up in the setting.
The effects were quite good which is really a baseline requirement for that type of movie. Still, I want to give them their due.
All in all, this was a video game brought to the big screen. My two sons liked it and DH enjoyed it.
The story was predictable. Advancing the plot depended a lot on some expository info by Ella (Olivia Wilde) and it never was quite clear to me how she KNEW all the stuff she supposedly knew or how she ended up in the setting.
The effects were quite good which is really a baseline requirement for that type of movie. Still, I want to give them their due.
All in all, this was a video game brought to the big screen. My two sons liked it and DH enjoyed it.