I AM NUMBER FOUR

     ALEX PETTYFER  TIMOTHY OLYPHANT  DIANNA AGRON  TERESA PALMER
     CALLAN McAULIFFE

WHEN THEIR PLANET IS ATTACKED, NINE BABIES, ALONG WITH PROTECTORS, ARE SENT TO EARTH TO SURVIVE.  HOWEVER, THE ATTACKERS FOLLOW THEM TO EARTH AND KILL THEM IN ORDER.  NUMBER FOUR (PETTYFER) IS NEXT.  HE AND HIS PROTECTOR HENRI (OLYPHANT) END UP IN PARADISE OHIO WHERE NUMBER FOUR GETS A GIRLFRIEND, SARAH (AGRON) AND IS HELPED BY A FRIEND SAM (McAULIFFE) IN FIGHTING THE ATTACKERS.  HE IS FINALLY JOINED BY NUMBER SIX (PALMER.)
THIS MOVIE REMINDED ME OF A SYFY CHANNEL MOVIE, ONLY WITH A BIGGER BUDGET AND BETTER PRODUCTION VALUES.  IT STARTS OUT WITH A CHASE INVOLVING NUMBER THREE, THE ATTACKERS AND SOME CGI MONSTERS.  IT ENDS WITH A FIGHT BETWEEN THE ATTACKERS, NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER SIX AND SOME MORE CGI EFFECTS.  THE MIDDLE PART IS BASICALLY A LOVE STORY BETWEEN NUMBER FOUR AND SARAH. ALONG THE WAY, NUMBER FOUR BEGINS DEVELOPING POWERS HE DIDN'T KNOW HE HAD AND THEN HAS TO LEARN HOW TO USE THOSE POWERS.  THERE IS ALSO A SUBPLOT INVOLVING SAM AND HIS MISSING FATHER AND WHAT THEY MAY HAVE DISCOVERED ABOUT ANCIENT ASTRONAUTS.
THE STORY IS NOT GREAT SCIENCE FICTION, NOR IS IT A GREAT LOVE STORY--PRETTY MUCH ALL THE CLICHES YOU EXPECT ARE THERE--AND THERE ARE SOME STUMBLES ALONG THE WAY, BUT FOR WHAT IT IS, THE STORY IS OKAY.  THE DIRECTING AND ACTING WERE GOOD, AND THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE DONE WELL, HOWEVER I STILL THINK CGI LOOKS CARTOONISH.  I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS MOVIE ONLY IF YOU ARE A DIE HARD SF FAN, OR IF YOU HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO WATCH.
RATING  3 out of 5