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Brilliant and touching

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

This was dreadful!! The plot wasn't even original, nothing unique about it at all. I could have written the plot and script better myself. It was bad acting too. And the robots were right out of War of the Worlds!! For goodness sake, is that all you could come up with?? Isn't there any law against plagiarism in Hollywood? Cannot understand why so many films are made with people shooting at a target that is obvious that no amount of bullets will make any difference whatsoever, not even a dent!! ... this seemed to be all they do in this movie, there were so many bullets fired at the dreaded robots and yet not one of them even made a small scratch on them, so why bother keep shooting and wasting so much ammunition??... its just pointless!! I was quite shocked to read that this was made in 2006 as I thought it fits the era of the 70's or 80's movie-making, at least then I would have been more sympathetic towards an old movie. I have seen worse, but still rated this with a one as that's where it belongs… right at the bottom of the barrel where all the other crappy 5th rate movies belong, all ready for burning! Rather curl up on a sofa with a cup of tea or coffee and read a good book!

While the plot had potential the movie didn't. A B movie at best with poor acting by most of the actors and the CGI robots were so poorly designed and articulated. All four of their feet were four splayed appendages that would not work in anything soft. Of course they do work but like I said this is not a good movie. The robbers are a joke, over acting like crazy and the not a real blond bimbo, is the worst. Then when the thieves chopper goes down on the island and the dying man shows up they bury him, covering the grave with white rocks. Where did those come from? There are none shown anywhere. Then there is the sixty year old World War II facilities that still have power after all that time. When abandoned it would have been totally shut down. Also the special forces team has a major and a captain on a six man squad, just a little top heavy, huh? Only three manage to survive the entire ordeal taking off in the repaired chopper just before the island is suppose to be nuked. They do shut down the two killer bots before they leave.

Once again, I admonish anyone against sending Dave to the Blockbuster alone (see my comment on "Showdown at Area 51"). Dave, being a HUGE trekker (not a trek-EE, dammit!), decided that the presence of Robert Picardo and George Takei meant that this bad boy would be a sure-fire WINNER! I needed three 22-ounce screwdrivers (poured half-and-half) to make it though this snooze-fest. The best part was when Takei, in one of the most poignant spurts of film irony ever, yells with utter conviction, "WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON BACK THERE!?" God, have we gotten some mileage out of that quote! Other than that, this film, despite the presence of Tim Thomerson, has absolutely NOTHING to recommend it. Please, please, don't go down this path. You will feel like the morning after getting roofied at a party at Takei's house: strangely violated and emotionally dead.

Wow. Some of my favorite actors are completely wasted in this movie. They try, some more than others, but they can't save this clunker of a script in the hands of an incompetent director. Oh look, the writer and director are the same person: Jim Wynorski.You can tell that this movie had a reasonable budget, but Jim Wynorski doesn't know what to do with it. All of his shots are uninspired and clunky. Likewise, the editing is amateurish. A first year film student could do better.The CGI effects are clean, but they are not integrated well into the live action scenes. Human actors react to things that don't happen, or are out of sync with the CGI action. For example, while being attacked, someone is thrown to the ground by a CGI robot that never gets anywhere close to the actor.Additionally, the music is really lame. Casio keyboard quality from someone's basement.But the worst element is the script. Everything about it is terrible. The story, the lines and the characters are all pathetic.The only things keeping the movie from being a 1 rating are the actors and the rest of the production staff. The camera work is good, as are the costumes, sets, sound, etc. i.e. it's a well-made crappy movie.