imdb-7400
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Marc Warren is a fine actor, he was great in hustle for example. But he's awful in this. I don't know if he's just not ready for the lead role, I suspect that may be the case. Whatever the reason he fails to pull it off, which is a shame.
There are a few things wrong with this film. Not the least of which is that it doesn't do any of the things you want from it. A lot of the publicity mentions Shaun of the Dead. It certainly doesn't compare to that. I don't know what the film was trying to do. -It's not funny, at all, I don't think it was trying to be. -It's not scary. It just isn't, it's not a horror film. -It's not gripping. The story is fairly weak and extremely simple.
Another huge problem for the film is that the protagonists are not likable. At the very beginning of the film they are shown mugging a nurse then beating an alien to death for no reason. Nothing they or the film does subsequently ever wins you over, heroics notwithstanding, you kind of want them to die. I never figured out if the film was trying to satirise south London gang culture or advocate for it. It seems to lampoon it's main cast as well as apologise for it. Regardless you spend the whole film thinking that a gang of half a dozen kids who mug a nurse with a flick knife need to be locked up and wishing it would happen.
It's not all bad. Nick Frost is good but only has a small part. For any physicists the aliens are made of a super black material such that you can't see any texture and can only discern their shape from their outline. But that really really is not enough to save the film. Feels more like a short film project than an actual movie. Extremely disappointing.
Another huge problem for the film is that the protagonists are not likable. At the very beginning of the film they are shown mugging a nurse then beating an alien to death for no reason. Nothing they or the film does subsequently ever wins you over, heroics notwithstanding, you kind of want them to die. I never figured out if the film was trying to satirise south London gang culture or advocate for it. It seems to lampoon it's main cast as well as apologise for it. Regardless you spend the whole film thinking that a gang of half a dozen kids who mug a nurse with a flick knife need to be locked up and wishing it would happen.
It's not all bad. Nick Frost is good but only has a small part. For any physicists the aliens are made of a super black material such that you can't see any texture and can only discern their shape from their outline. But that really really is not enough to save the film. Feels more like a short film project than an actual movie. Extremely disappointing.