a schizophrenic film . scott derrickson have do his best to make a run of the mill cgi enhance sci fi thriller but have find himself thwart by the remarkable screen presence of keanu reef and the ghost of bernard herrmann . reef be the draw for me while where some find him laughable and i find him sober and engage . his alien in a human be at once non porous of emotion but register the emotional to ing and fro ing that decide his action . he a classy screen idol and well cast . the rest of the cast ( the very capable jennifer connelly include ) be at the mercy of a truly ridiculous story both in concept and in local narrative . the gravity of the situation in which humankind a represent by american find itself be only capture in the single gear performance of reef and the unobtrusive but peculiar herrmann score and resurrect for the film by tyler bates . there a lot of silliness a lot of cartoonish world end drama which and strangely and doesn not do what it purport to which be update the 1951 original . it still feel date . we be also present with john cleese a a nobel prize winner . well that also ridiculous on the face of it but i tell you something and if the end where nigh and you want someone leftfield to plead your seemingly intractable case and you would do a lot bad than cleese . a a final oddity the product placement in the film seem at odds with the frown upon consumerism that at it heart . or maybe theyre company lead the charge to save the world . it all a bit confusing . 4/10 .