Tom Hanks is great, and the scene where they show the accident is really cool, and I like how they show Sully’s PTSD.
But apart from that it’s an absolute snoozer, with the washed out dark colour grading that makes it look like a horror movie, pretty much every other actor being completely monotonous, and no soundtrack or interesting anything’s to speak of.
The premise might've worked if it were a comedy that made fun of sci-fi cliches, except it's not. It's a "serious" film, about who are essentially "hillbillies" managing to put up a Red Dawn-esque fight against advanced extraterrestrials - packed with lots of corny and cliche-ridden dialogue. I got through as much of the film as I could, but I found it impossible for it to "occupy" my attention long enough to get through it all.
The biggest issue this has, not unlike other Michael Bay films, is the overuse of comedy. Not only does the comedy not work too well here, it reduces the potential immersion the viewer could feel into the drama the movie creates. Much of it was just out of place as well. An early plot problem was how Danny didn't have a driver 5 minutes before the heist. I don't recall this being explained.
That aside, after about 15 or so minutes to orient the viewer, it's basically non-stop action for the remainder of the duration. If you went in knowing who directed this, nothing should've been too surprising.
