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Erika (17789 KP) rated Captive State (2019) in Movies

Mar 16, 2019 (Updated Mar 18, 2019)  
Captive State (2019)
Captive State (2019)
2019 | Sci-Fi, Thriller
7
5.9 (12 Ratings)
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Some pacing issues (0 more)
The plot of this film interested me immediately. This is not an alien-invasion film, it's an alien occupation film. It was definitely a nice change. The aliens only appear a few times, and you don't really know anything about them, other than they sounds like cicadas in the summer when they communicate and live underground.
John Goodman's character was my favorite, by far, and you could tell that not everything was as it seemed. I liked the Trojan Horse analogy, which is very apt for the plot. You can kind of figure out what's going on, and as the banner photo shows, you know John Goodman's character eventually goes down to the tunnels.
Overall, it was a different, refreshing movie and well worth a watch.
  
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David McK (3801 KP) rated Oblivion (2013) in Movies

May 26, 2026  
Oblivion (2013)
Oblivion (2013)
2013 | Action, Sci-Fi
6
7.2 (23 Ratings)
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There was a period, during the early 2000s and 2010s, where Tom Cruise seemed to star in a string of science fiction movies: Minority Report, The War of the Worlds, Edge of Tomorrow (aka Live. Die Repeat).

And this.

Which largely seems to be forgotten.

In this, Cruise plays security repairman Jack Harper, stationed on Earth (after the defeat of an alien invasion) in order to repair drones that look after massive machinery from the remnants of the defeated alien foe.

Or so he initially believes.

Until he rescues a stranger from a downed spacecraft - a woman he has never met yet has recurring dreams of.

So, what we have, really, is a sci-fi mystery where Cruise (of course) sprints, rides motorbikes and tries to make sense of it all!
  
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Dork_knight74 (881 KP) rated The 5th wave (2016) in Movies

May 6, 2019  
The 5th wave (2016)
The 5th wave (2016)
2016 | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
6
5.7 (27 Ratings)
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Ok
This movie had plenty of potential. But I think it did what so many movies do and didn't give it an actual ending. The acting was decent. The effects and action aren't too bad, either. The story was ok but had a lot of predictable parts and not much in the way of surprise twists. It tried but they didn't come of well. Over all this was not a terrible 'alien invasion' movie. But could've been much better. All in all it's worth a watch if you're bored.
  
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Fred (860 KP) rated Attack the Block (2011) in Movies

May 10, 2019  
Attack the Block (2011)
Attack the Block (2011)
2011 | Action, International
8
7.4 (14 Ratings)
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Simple but satisfying
A simple story of an alien invasion fought within a city block. The movie is funny & action packed. The aliens are scary, but cool. The acting is fine too. I like the different characters. The one thing that's a little hard to get over, is the heroes of the film are a gang of muggers & thugs. We get the "We are all fighting against the same enemy" trope, but when you think about it, they're still criminals. I still enjoyed the movie very much & would watch it again.
  
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David McK (3801 KP) rated Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) in Movies

Mar 24, 2019 (Updated Jan 18, 2020)  
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)
2016 | Sci-Fi
6
5.8 (49 Ratings)
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Most of the original cast (0 more)
Hackneyed dialogue and some dodgy effects (0 more)
With the original 1996 film being, essentially, a B movie writ large (and one of those guilty pleasures), this one had quite a bit to live up to.

This is set 20 years after that original (and was also released 20 years after it), with Earth having survived the first alien attack and now having combined alien tech with our own. With most of the original cast returning - bar Will Smith, whose cost (I expect) wa too much - this moves the focus onto the younger generation, who have grown up in the shadow of that original invasion.

It also ends in an absolute set-up for a sequel (or series): to date, no sign of that happening as that is pretty much the epitome of a 'meh' movie.