Review of Extinction (2018) by Infrarecon — 10 May 2023

The hunt continues, it started so well, but when it hits that mid-journey the pacing and the plot just destroy itself. There was so much potential in here and I was immersed but then things just flipped, and then it flipped again, and just sucked me right out.

I get it you want me to feel for the characters, but the problem is the "Aliens" and their motives, it's honestly one of the stupidest plots, You had to ask yourselves, would something like this happen? Probably not.

However, what I did like about the movie is the VFX, I like those insane futuristic explosions. Also, the drop ships are pretty cool. As for the main character...look I like Michael Peña but to me, he is not a serious guy, he's a funny guy. There was that one scene where he did the thing with the gun, that was badass, but there's not much of that.

The length of the film also is pretty short, maybe they should have gone near the 2-hour mark to let the film sit a bit more.

Oh, I almost forgot there are a lot of logic breakers, I mean come on, "get up and carry her", just why? The writers really wrote themselves into a wall there. The acting is also a bit off but permissible.

It is 6/10, entertaining but it's not good, Expected a little bit more risks here, with better acting from the main characters. It did at points focus on other things that were not that important, but again it's somewhat understandable considering the "actual actual" plot.