Well, I haven't read the books as many who have posted in the 'talk about' section have so I have no way to compare it to it's source material BUT I can qualitatively say that whoever wrote the screenplay and created this movie is woefully inept as this is only HALF a movie! Entire chunks of backstory, characterization, motive, explanation and much, MUCH more are inexplicably missing from this project. How anyone could see this without reading the books (like me) and walk away without saying WTF?!? would be a minor miracle.

To sum up, some 'experimented' upon kids who can fly (never explained how) get busted out of the facility they're kept in and relocated to the middle of nowhere where their liberator disappears (also never explained) and left to fend for themselves. Seeing as they're kids, with no money or resources, how in god's name they feed , clothe and generally provide for themselves is never addressed. (WTF???) Besides flying, some of them also have abilities like ESP and adult tech skills, SOMEHOW... once again, never explained nor even fully actualized... just, THERE, like when movie 'hackers' clack away at a keyboard and all of a sudden crack the FBI database or whatever.

Issues like this are just the tip of the proverbial iceberg of totally unexplainable and inexplicable bullshit that is rampant through the movie. I've heard of turning your brain off to enjoy a film but you'd have to be baseline retarded for this. (really no offence to mentally challenged, they have a leg up on this garbage).

Don't bother unless you're a glutton to see a favourite book of yours butchered.... also, on a side note that I found insanely laughable.... the 'flying' sequences were some of the worst I've seen since 'Flash Gordon: Saviour of the Universe' back in the late 70's... seriously... maybe even worse! I've seen higher quality visual effects from my 12 year old niece! Whoever did the SFX, you're never working in the industry again I'm afraid, unless the whole point of this thing was to launder money.

The acting wasn't horrible... that's about the only good thing I have to offer. Beware of this tripe.

I loved the book series so when I found out there was going to be a film I couldn't wait. Them I watched the film and felt as though someone had just thrown the book on the floor and jumped on it before brutally bashing it with a sledgehammer. In the book the main six characters had a great chemistry that was just non-existent in the film, they didn't even say Fang's name. Not once!!! How are people who haven't read the books supposed to know!!!! Also Max is one of the most Bad-A$$ in YA literature. In the film the characters lacked everything that made her Max, like the witty remarks that she is so well know for. Also the effects were terrible it would have looked better if they didn't even bother to put them in and just had the characters run around with cardboard wings taped to their backs. A book this great should be given a film that reflects it.

Yes, know this before you watch it. The CGI is awful! Well there has been worse, but wings and what not made by computers ... they just look ... well fake! And in a very bad way too.

Story wise there are some neat things going on and I reckon the characters do have some merits to them, if you are into Science Fiction stories and movies that is. B-movies are either something you can dig or not.