Plot Summary - A giant, mysterious sphere zooms through space to land directly in Central Park, out pops an alien being, out pop the United States military guns to shoot the poor fellow and a giant metallic robot figure pops out of the sphere to defend him. But scientist Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly) is at hand to see the alien's wound is operated on - unfortunately, our alien (who has taken on human form - played by Keanu Reeves) is now in the hands of the U.S. government who hold him for questioning. She helps him make his escape, and soon Helen, the alien, and Helen's little boy (Jaden Smith) are on the run. Smaller spheres have arrived around the world, and the alien claims he has arrived to help save planet earth - but the human race itself is in trouble, based on their destructive behavior.
Review - This was fun and entertaining, I love sci-fi so figured I would enjoy this in spite of the mixed reviews. Special effects are well done (like all films being made now - doesn't seem like film-making can progress much farther on that score). This is a remake of a fifties classic, which I should see (not sure if I ever saw before, if I did it was a real long time ago). Rating - 7.5/10 stars
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