Thismovieisawellpacedcombinationofoldandnew,bigandsmall.

　　Theoldfashionedstyleseabattlewithco-ordinatesandmissilesis

　　wellblendedwithmoderntechnology,aliensandphotography.Theaction

　　sequencescombinebignavalbattlesanddestructionscenesinHongKong

　　andHawaiiwithsmallerscalehandtohandconfrontationswithaliens.

　　ThestoryisaliensinvadeandtheNavydoesbattlewiththemin

　　Hawaii.Thereissomehumorandthecharactersarequitelikableand

　　identifiable.NooveruseofCGIorconfusingTransformersstylealiens.

　　Thedirectionandphotographyareclearandnonjerky.KudostoPeter

　　BergwhohascomealongwaysinceFridayNightLights.Thefeelgood

　　storyisinventiveandkeepsyouentertainedthroughout.Theplotis

　　clearlyexplainedsoitdoesn'tfeelirritating.Likedthewaythe

　　jointeffortsofthedifferentcharacterstiedinwithdiplomatic

　　contributionsfromallraces.FewWWIIPearlHarbortieinsforthose

　　whonotice.NicebitsofhumoranduseofVeterans.

　　Thecastisgood.TaylorKitchistheeverymanreluctanthero.Heis

　　alrightandthiswillprobablyprovemoresuccessfularoleforhim

　　thanJohnCarter.Brooklynisquiteconvincinginheractionrole

　　despitebeingdistractinglywellendowed.AlexanderSkarsgardplaysthe

　　olderbrotherofTaylor.LiamNeesonastheAdmiralhasasmallbut

　　dignifiedroleandaddssomeclasstothemovie.EvenRihannais

　　convincing.

　　Thisisoneofthebetteractionmoviesofrecentyears.Getalotof

　　goodsolidactionandexcitementforyourbuck.