I Am Number Four

I went in with the lowest expectations, and in doing so was moderately pleased with I Am Number Four. Relatively unknown actors save for Timothy Olymphant do a pretty decent job, except the shit-garbage high school love story that is Twilight with Aliens instead of vampires. That is a HUGE waste of time, but the action is pretty decent and the story is acceptable enough for a teen action movie. Decent fighting, good special effects, acceptable acting, SUPER hot Teresa Palmer who I really just wanted to see more of, it was better than I expected. It had elements of kiddie bullshit, but it was OK for sure. Premise: A planet creates 9 children with powers to defend their people against Shark-like people who destroy planets (the usual). Nobody tells these kids about it, nobody teaches them how to use the powers, but they all have guardians who were "warriors" from their previous planet. It's fucking dumb they don't teach them about their powers, or tell them their heritages, etc, but it's not a smart movie. Sharks find earth and start getting to murdering children, which is surprisingly not PG-13 of them.

Bottom Line: 5.8 out of 10. Better than I thought, entertaining enough, too much kid-like bullshit replaces realism for my liking. Don't run out and see it, catch it on cable in a year on Spike or something.