- Lead character is the smartest person in every room on every subject.
- Aliens are simultaneously invincible + intelligent and weak + stupid.
- there are aliens(!), but most of the time is spent on insipid himan drama side stories
- the whole thing could hinge on children saving the day
- those children have all have the emotional intelligence of sophisticated, well raised adults and carry on deep thought conversations.
- nearly every scene "demands" an undeserved intellectually provacative insight
- aliens can be taken out by a tiny little thing
- doctors, therapists, marines, and many other trained professionals all lack intelligence, professionalism, and\or skill.
- there is an arrogant super rich person who contributes nothing at all to any part of the story line, but is very annoying.
- the whole world is in danger, but for some unkown reason, a small rag tag group or two of characters is our ticket to salvation
- so many bullets, so little getting hit
None of the characters have any chemistry with other characters. Shamir Anderson is the only good actor here, but he can't hold the show.
The visual effects are great, but more money spent on writing a better script would have been money much better spent.