Mark Esdot

Very true to the original book, it's a slow burn, Not the overhyped Hollywood type stuff of today. I rate this with Roger Donaldsons "The Quiet Earth" one of my all time favourites. Both endings leave you thinking and wanting for more...

With the big names in tis movie, you would expect better. Bullock was weak, never really reaching her peak. If Tatum and Radcliffe werent in the movie it wouldn't have changed the overall tempo. You're constantly waiting for the twist or an awakening from a dream state, something other than a cheap plot.

In the words of Luke Skywalker - what a piece of junk. Very little depth and overuse of easter eggs referring back to the original movies. The "child" was really the star. and future episodes will be watched only until the big reveal of where it came from after that it will just revert back to the Disney junk we are having to stomach in the rest of the franchise.

The opening 10 mins or so will leave you wondering if you have just wasted money. The acting is wooden and the haphazard pace is just badly done, JJ Abrams should just stick with lens flare. while the storyline tidys up all the threads, it could have been done without most of the new cast. The connection to decades worth of characters may get you a bit misty. But the lack of proper storytelling will leave you wanting. It's no "Last hope" but thankfully under these writers and director, it is the last.