If your interested in a Netflix production that includes kids on bikes, an alien invasion, and your typical white nerdy kids, one girl, and one african american male, then you have an option between Stranger Things or Rim Of The World, because both are almost completely identical.
About 30 minutes into the movie, I already found myself saying "This is the worst movie ever". The characters lacked any depth, CGI was terrible (but thats not something that the movie should really be berated for), the acting/writing was atrocious, and the comedy was GOD AWFUL.
Let us begin with the characters. They were one-dimensional, and had no character development. The only time we saw a "change" was when they would reveal a piece of their backstory. However, every single character in this movie either had a bad or absent father, or had to mention their father. Literally every character. Even the side antagonist who was in the film for less than 30 min had to mention his father, which was not even significant to the story. I would also like to mention that one of the characters flaws that was supposed to set them apart and show their individuality was the fact that they COULDN'T. UNDERSTAND. NUMBERS. I cannot put into detail how stupid that is. Especially when that same kid is the one volunteering to be the one who is working with numbers.
The plot itself was alright but the writing was very predictable. I found myself predicting everything that was about to happen and being 100% correct.
I thought the movie would be a little tame with some graphic material, however this movie really took it up a notch. Curse words were said almost every five seconds, and the sexual humor was almost unbearable, and me being a pretty graphic person, was even uncomfortable at parts in this movie. I found myself laughing about 4 times this whole movie, and one of those times was supposed to be a very intense and emotional scene.
I found myself hating every character in this movie for their stupidity and horrible acting, but I know they are kids and have much room to grow their talent.
IN CONCLUSION, IF YOU WANT TO WATCH SOMETHING SCI-FI, JUST WATCH STRANGER THINGS BECAUSE ITS THE EXACT SAME STRUCTURE, JUST BETTER.