Never mind, we made a Saturday of it. Moules frites in a local gastro-joint and then the tender mercies of a multiplex. With free popcorn (mixed salt + sweet).
Odd.
First off, it's a film-editing mess. Not quite a wreck, but majorly unbalanced and thrown together. The opening 45 minutes plus just screams of amateur-hour (I mean, it
feels like a fucking HOUR) as the director establishes the
street ranch-cred of his cast. Several members of the audience decided that this was a good time to visit the room-of-ablutions and I don't blame them.
Second, what is it? There are 750 different film styles squashed in, plus a fair selection of TV series. The overwhelming impression was Sergio Leone replaces Tobe Hooper as the director of the remake of Invaders from Mars, with accents and bass-notes of (in no particular order) War of the Worlds (53 and 05 versions), Godzilla (mainly for the roaring), several early Spike Lee movies. Is it a comedy? Is it an
homage (to something)?
Third. Yeah, there's good bits. The story isn't told in an especially original way, but the story itself is original in its own way. Some slightly scary moments. Some pretty moments. A few laughs. A half-decent monster.
WTF? You make your own mind up.
Edit: Oh yes, forgot - the ending was pure Ghostbusters
EDITED: 21 Aug 2022 10:13 by WILLIAMA