A great cast can't save the poor script.

A miasma of indifferent screenwriting and wobbly performances.

The performances are solid, with Sinise's sobriety and lack of histrionics, especially, making him an anchoring and sympathetic presence.

For more than a decade, earthlings have battled an alien force that is stronger, smarter and more deadly than anything the human race has encountered. To protect themselves from destruction, most of the planet's been covered by a force-field dome