Good concept, poorly executed.

Admirable film.

A Masterpiece!

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Many people sh!tted on this film when it came out in 2012. But by the looks of it in 2018 it doesn't seem as far fetched anymore. I thought the character development was very well done. It had just the right amount of sadness as action. The acting is very believable. This film was actually shot in 2009. At the time America had a good president so the events of this film seemed ridiculous.

I'll give this movie a B for the action, but the plot was terrible. A EMF weapon manages to wreck the US economy and defense network (even the submarines are sunk) to the point that two third-rate military powers -- Russia and North Korea -- can invade the country. That's too much of a stretch.

It seriously is SO BAD, that you actually have to see it to believe it. What ever you judged bad before- will appear brilliant compared to this crap here!

The United States gets invaded by North Korea. That pretty much sums up the ludicrousness of the film. I mean, the original had Soviet Union being the invading force, which at least played to the fears and politics of the time. This didn't have the guts to go with Russia - although they kinda did - but couldn't they haven chosen anything else but North Korea?Not that it really matters. The whole premise is silly, but so is the movie as a whole. And the worst thing is that it tries to take itself way too seriously. The tone is grim and dark, the characters suffer, there's death and dismemberment, the whole gruesome nine yards. And throughout this whole ordeal were supposed to believe that North Korea successfully invaded the only superpower of our time. Yeah... no.And the worst thing is that I've seen this idea done much better. I haven't seen the original film, but there's a film called Tomorrow, When the War Began, released a few years before this one, which takes place in Australia and has China as the invading force. Well, they don't explicitly specify the nation. But it's China. And yes, it's a stupid, silly film as well, but it acknowledges it. It's a teenage action-comedy and has much greater camp value because of it. The main characters are teenagers, like in this film, but the ludicrousness of the situation is turned to the film's advantage through decent writing and characters. And it still gets to have its guns akimbo action scenes and character deaths needed to sell the point that war is not actually such a hot idea.So, to summarize, if the premise interests you, see Tomorrow, When the War Began instead. Enough said.