I wasn't sure what to expect from I Am Number Four. Whatever it was, it sure wasn't what I got when I watched it. Another in a line of supernatural teen movies, Number Four was very bland and ordinary. A fugitive from another world is on the run from the race of vicious creatures that annihilated his home world. Only nine children and their protectors survived, came to Earth and have been in hiding since. Sounds great on paper, but not in execution. It comes off as just another teen angst story with science fiction elements draped over it. This guy and others of his species have these amazing powers, but they are running endlessly from alien bad guys that they can beat without even breathing heavily? How stupid do the filmmakers think we are? Tack on the usual teenage rebellion, high school cliques, jealous exes, and unnecessary pouting, and you have a predictable, paint-by-numbers borefest. Even the special effects were uninspired (seriously, one of the superpowers is apparently an LED flashlight built into the palm of the hero's hands).
A cast of relative newcomers (Alex Pettyfer, and Glee's Dianna Agron, and Teresa Palmer) leave me wondering about the future of movies, as they were just bland, pouty and going through the motions in this. Timothy Olyphant seemed to be the only actor attempting to breathe life in to his cardboard cutout of a protector.
I really have just run out of things to say here, good or bad. I was totally underwhelmed by this movie, a completely forgettable script and lousy acting added up to a movie that, I'm sure, will one day get a sequel. God knows, there is the rest of this bunch to possibly film. I feel like I Am Number Four has done for aliens what Twilight probably did for vampires and werewolves. Bleah.... 4.75/10.
See you tomorrow, and GO WATCH A MOVIE!!
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