This is not a good movie. It's pretty terrible, in fact. I attribute a lot of its suckiness to the original story by Stephen King. It most likely doesn't have anything to do with the movie, but I really don't like Stephen King's works. Biased? You betcha! But you'll note that my name is at the top of this blog, not some corporation's, and I seriously doubt Stephen King is going to personally track me down and complain that I don't like his work.
Four childhood friends (Thomas Jane, Damian Lewis, Jason Lee, and Timothy Olyphant), now adults, gather at a remote cabin for a vacation. Unfortunately, the cabin happens to be in the middle of a quarantine zone. But this is no mere infection, oh no, this is an alien invasion. The four men must use the supernatural talents given to them by their other childhood friend, Duddits (Donnie Wahlburg), to defeat both the aliens and the elite military unit, led by Col. Abraham Curtis (Morgan Freeman), called in to eradicate all traces. Col. Curtis is a little bit too eager to put regular people down like rabid dogs and his second-in-command (Tom Sizemore) starts to become wary of his boss's motives.
I love all of the actors in this movie but they are so much better than this. Timothy Olyphant is charming in just about anything, but his character is so grating here. Ditto for Jason Lee. I know he's generally the wisecracking sidekick in Kevin Smith movies but that schtick just falls flat. The only one rising above this horrible script is Damian Lewis, who pulls double duty as Jonesy and an alien parasite. As for Morgan Freeman...well, he did what he could.
Essentially, this movie boils down to Stand by Me + Slither - all comedy + a lot of ass jokes. That does not equal an entertaining experience for me, but maybe you like that sort of thing.
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