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Awful, awful movie. Direction was stiff, scrip was stupid, acting was...awful, except Terrence Howard, he managed to just be semi ok. Alex Baldwin wasn't in it enough to be awful and the other star, who is normally a good actor just chewed up scenery like he was doing impressions George C. Scott. The female lead was adequate and basically just blabbed and showed cleavage. How they got stars of that quality to be in this piece of junk is a question that needs an answer! I loved the end credits there were enough producers and executive producer to do 13 movies much less this sad excuse and waste of human endeavor. Listen to the reviews that give this a 1, they are right. I gave it a 2 only because Terrance Howard is in it and that is worth a 2 even on a bad day.

Lots of people didn't like this because it didn't have enough monster action. I don't remember the first two having a tremendous amount either. However, it I liked this because it told a story, yes it was a plot for those who didn't see it, two people who came together in the most horrendous of times to form a friendship, a bit of humanity under impossible circumstances. They relied on each other, told each others histories in brief, quiet ways, thought of how they could ease the other's fears and pain. Then there was the cat. A character unto himself. Brilliantly played by two cats. I loved the heart this movie, well written by the director who didn't use tricks in telling the story, used what was before him honestly and told a believable tale. Well done all around. Don't pay attention to those that were bored because there was actually a story to this one and not 2 hours a mayhem pretending to be a story.

Perhaps the first of the "found footage" video movies and it does more in less than 50 minutes that many do in twice the time. Good acting, directing and story telling. But what puts this in the winner's bracket and worth watching is the natural dialogue, it is not contrived, or forced. It flows as a family would talk, interrupting, teasing, voicing concerns, protecting, scared and calming. You rarely find that in any movie. Sure the video is a bit grainy, there was no master copy in existence after a warehouse fire,to make decent copies from. And the invaders are amateurish, but then there was little or no budget. Overall it was pretty well done and worth the time.