DISCLAIMER: I've already reviewed this movie but back then I was a bit bias to the movie. Maybe this time I'll be more fair.
Miss: "A Brothers Strause Film" Ain't these the same brothers who directed Alien vs Predator Requiem? I hated that movie.
Miss: Bright blue lights are coming from the sky and no one who's outside noticed this? I mean yeah it's 4:27 in the morning but there could've been a beat cop on control to notice or at the very least a homeless person.
Hit: Now this is how you do an In Medias Res, short, vague and doesn't out right spoil the plot.
Hit: Oh hey it's that guy from Scrubs...no idea what his name is though.
Hit: Seems like the Strause improved on how to make interesting characters unlike AvP Requiem where characters range from one dimensional characters to lazy horror film stereotypes.
Hit: The aliens of this movie uses the blue light to lure and capture humans like flies to a bug zapper. Interesting concept.
Miss: Unfortunately there are some inconsistency with these alien blue lights. For instance, Terry's assistant clearly looked directly at the blue light as one of the party goers is walking towards it. And yet she's in no way affected by the blue light.
Hit: A rather eerie sight seeing people being sucked up towards the alien ships.
Surprised: Terry shoots the door lock to the roof twice and it still doesn't open. That usually works in movies.
Miss: So these aliens have a technology that lures out humans but they don't have the means of tracking them when hiding. No bio scanners or anything, just peek through open windows and hope that some human randomly pops out of nowhere.
Real Talk: Look Elaine I understand that you don't wanna risk your unborn baby. But unless you have the Avengers on speed dial, shut the hell up and go with the "get to the boat" plan.
Miss: Really Candice, there's an alien invasion and you choose now to get all stink eye with Terry and Denise? Time and place bitch, time and place.
Miss: *A giant alien smashes Terry's car only for him to survive yet Denise dies.* Well that's the most plot armor bullshit I've ever seen and just how the hell did he survive without so much as having a crushed spine?
Miss: And to make that scene immediately pointless he dies anyway when the same giant alien snatches him up and swallows him whole.
Miss: So the blue light is altering Jarrod after multiple exposures, how or why exactly no idea. It's established that it lures out humans and the blue light is reduced to whatever the plot wants it to be out of contrivance.
Miss: *Fighter Drones and Stealth bombers fighting against the alien attackers.* Suddenly I'm getting Independence Day flashbacks.
Miss: As much as it's proven to be dangerous going outside, it's not like staying in a penthouse is any less dangerous. especially when most of the city is already nuked.
Miss: Getting Independence Day flashbacks, again....
Hit: *Jarrod kills one the aliens with LITERALLY his bare hands.* OK...that was bad ass....
Miss: *A falling fighter jet misses Jarrod and Elaine then crashes on to the giant alien, saving them.* Ladies and gentlemen the power of plot armor at its highest level of bullshit.
Hit: Is that the Nakatomi Building from Die Hard?!
Real Talk: And yes I know it's not really called the Nakatomi Building.
Miss: So Jarrod's brain is harvested and put into some alien bio mech only to end up taking it over completely. And fuck me if I know on how or why did that happen aside from plot contrivance.
Miss: Sequel bating and spoilers both Jarred and Elaine died in the sequel. Now was that really nice for them to survive in this film only to die in the sequel that came out seven years later. And yes its day is coming.
Miss: *This movie's ending credits.* Eh...Pacific Rim did it better.
Hit: But at least the music sounds cool.
