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(Synopsis) Hanna (Saoirse Ronan) is a 16-year-old girl living in the wilderness of Finland with her father (Eric Bana), an ex-CIA agent in hiding. Hanna is exceptional in that she has the strength of a man, the stamina of a wolf, and the intelligence of a hunter. Her father has been honing her innate skills her entire life to become the perfect assassin. Hanna is finally sent into the new world on a mission to eliminate her first human target. Hanna's appearance brings her to the attention and focus of intelligence agents who begin hunting her down to stop her before she completes her mission.

(My Comments) Reading the synopsis you would think this would be an intriguing storyline. Well, you would be wrong. The movie starts off with a great opener, but it goes downhill fast. The storyline is all over the place. You will not develop any feelings for the characters. It would have been better to let the audience in on the secret earlier so we would understand the plot. Actually, that might not help the writing. Some of the actions that were done in the movie were simply stupid such as letting your target know where you are, and that you are come for her. The only thing that was done well was the hand-to-hand combat sequences. Overall, you can wait for the movie to come on TV and see it for free. (Focus Features, Run Time 1:51, PG-13)(4/10)

(Synopsis) Los Angeles and other cities around the world are being bombarded by meteors that seem to be slowing down once they hit the earth's atmosphere. The earth is suddenly being invaded by space aliens that have landed off the shore of LA, and who begin killing everybody along the beach. The military is ordered into action. Marine Staff Sergeant Nantz (Aaron Eckhart), who was about to retire, is reassigned to a new platoon. The platoon, flown by chopper to the forward operating base at Santa Monica Airport, is being led by a new 2nd Lt. Martinez (Ramon Rodriguez). They are sent on a mission to rescue some civilians who are trapped at the police station within alien territory. They only have 3 hours to complete their mission and get out before the Air Force bombs that zone.

(My Comments) This movie is badly made and has an unbelievable storyline. One of the first things our marines learn is that the aliens who arrive from outer space don't have air support! How ridiculous is that? Next, the aliens are metal-clad bionic soldiers that are hard to kill unless you hit them in a specific spot. You would think the aliens would protect that spot going into battle. These intelligent aliens have advanced laser weapons, but they can hardly hit their target (marines in this platoon), whereas our marines were killing them left and right. This one platoon does more damage than all the marines at the airport. One thing I hated the most was all the shaking camera shots. The worst story assumption that was made by the whole platoon was that Sergeant Nantz is a coward. A marine with a Silver Star medal is a coward, how absurd. The writing was just terrible. You can forget about seeing this bad movie, unless you want to see what spending over $100 million will get you in Hollywood. (Sony Pictures, Run Time 1:46, PG-13) (2/10)