I liked this movie quite a lot. I see a lot of reviews for it that suggest its rather mediocre, but its really quite an original concept. Alien invasion is nothing new, but the idea of humans being totally complicit with the aliens is interesting. Add to this the total surveillance of nearly everyone. The aliens and their human helpers (police, intel services, etc) can electronically track anyone with implanted chips.
The way that John Goodman's character is secretly working with the resistance while appearing to be a total turncoat against humanity is quite brilliantly done. The musical score is intense and effective throughout. And the scene at the end when Mulligan (played by Goodman) goes into the decent chamber is wonderfully creepy and compelling. The audio portion of that sequence is an actual recording of a space launch to the moon, which kind of suggests that this is the start of a massive effort to overtake the alien captors.
There are some pointless scenes, like some alien attack sequences that just seem to be fluff. And I would like to have had more background detail about the invasion and maybe have seen the aliens a bit more up close. But overall this was a good movie. 7 stars.
The way that John Goodman's character is secretly working with the resistance while appearing to be a total turncoat against humanity is quite brilliantly done. The musical score is intense and effective throughout. And the scene at the end when Mulligan (played by Goodman) goes into the decent chamber is wonderfully creepy and compelling. The audio portion of that sequence is an actual recording of a space launch to the moon, which kind of suggests that this is the start of a massive effort to overtake the alien captors.
There are some pointless scenes, like some alien attack sequences that just seem to be fluff. And I would like to have had more background detail about the invasion and maybe have seen the aliens a bit more up close. But overall this was a good movie. 7 stars.