not as good as all the hype

Nice effects though.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

.Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Excellent special effects, very entertaining and interesting history, the sound very good, the picture also, the regular pattern, rather short, not very good dialog and a regular performances and some not so. But you have to recognize that it is the Mexican movie with better special effects have made and the only one that is NOT drugs, corruption, sex, drug trafficking and without the use of big words as is customary in Mexican cinema.The theme is very original. A Mayan history, archeology, aliens, zombies, viruses, international conflicts, superpowers, science fiction, action, suspense, terror and more. Perhaps exaggerated to put so many issues, but that's what makes it interesting.Do not miss to see that in Mexico there is quality cinema (at least visual)

This opened here in Mexico last Friday. It has had a pretty lukewarm response from audiences. Critics hated it. Bombed at the box office (didn't make the Top 10 and had mediocre numbers at best). I had a chance to see it on Sunday. Five people walked out from the theater, around 20 more stayed for the torture. The movie es bad. Really bad. And it really has nothing to do with the special effects (which where OK, but not great) or production aspects (although there were some sets that looked very cheap and some costume choices were pretty cartoony). The screenplay is terrible: clichéd, boring, with horrible dialogue, just very childish and naive. The actor couldn't do much with the material they where given and some seem to be sleepwalking through the story. And the director's choices match the screenplay and performances: nothing happens for two hours! If you're attracted to the idea of Mexican Science Fiction, go find some wrestler films or direct-to-video movies from the 80's and 90's. You'll have more fun watching that than this shallow, boring story.

The story develops smoothly, it gives you the feeling that "the best is yet to come" something that the audiences always appreciate. Great special effects and animations! except for the one at the lake, it could have been done better. I can't explain myself how they didn't see this. The actors performs very well especially Gonzalo Vega (Prof. Owen). However 2 secondary characters act terribly, something the non-speaking Spanish audiences probably won't notice, since their bad acting can be perceived in the way they speak. The story is credible and exciting. Alien invasion might be a recurrent topic in sci-fi movies, but Seres has a slightly different point of view that I'm sure will be fully developed in the second movie. The only thing that might "dissaponint" you is that is not quite full of persecution action. That's the main complain I've heard: "It was great but I wanted to see more action with special effects". You know, rays flying everywhere, explosions and stuff like that. They wanted more! Seres is worth-watching.

It may not be something never seen before, but then again we're actually talking about a Mexican movie, so it is new and shinny. You are not going to see the stereotype guy on the horse and the sombrero or the drama with politics and corruption, nothing like that, this is Science Fiction, Mayan myths, their bizarre relation to those of other words and the mysteries beyond the sky, and this is just the beginning. The music is beautiful and the clear setting of possibilities for a story that is clearly considerate to continue is there and I want to see the rest. "La raza se extinguirá."