This movie builds suspense as aliens visit earth and a group of characters take them on but begin to be killed, one by one. Ben (Max Minghella) and Sean (Emile Hirsch) are longtime friends who travel to Russia on a business proposal, only to learn the man they had an agreement with has stolen their ideas and no longer wants them attached. Later they run into him in a bar and during this time the alien invasion occurs. Ben and Sean attempt to protect some ladies they just met, Natalie (Olivia Thirlby) and Anne (Rachael Taylor), but it proves to be the biggest challenge they will ever face.

The aliens are a bit abstract at first, appearing like balls of fire, and it soon becomes apparent when they are near as they contain energies which light up any electrical fixture which is nearby. As the group of heroes learns how to fight them, thanks to a Russian named Sergei (Dato Bakhtadze), they know they are making headway when the evil faces of the aliens begin to appear in the flames when they are weakened and near destruction. A Russian group of “alien fighters” eventually help the intrepid little band, with the goal of getting them safely to a submarine which can take them home.

Ultimately we learn what the aliens are after but unfortunately for families looking for wholesome entertainment, the movie contains strong language and the destruction of several people, who literally are obliterated to dust by the aliens, and this will undoubtedly bother some viewers. We can’t award our Dove Seal to this one.