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Title: Great concept - terrible execution
Review: The final credits come up and my immediate reaction is "Is that it?" The concept behind the movie is solid...a monster hits NY but rather than show it from the perspective of the laser-gun wielding hero, show how regular folks are affected by the unknown as events unfold. Unfortunately the "regular folks" are terrible. The movie starts off attempting to establish the characters but alas the characters come across as being one dimensional, for whom I have very little, if any, empathy for. The dialogue from the camera operator becomes annoying. And as each character dies there is a pervading sense of "oh well, no great loss there". Quite simply - the concept behind the movie is superb, alas the execution is utterly flawed, and to sum up my impression of the film then it would be "Terrible". If you want a similar theme but excellently done then give [Rec] a look over.
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