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Rating: 3.6/5
Review: "The Host movie review"

With the critics tearing this movie apart, I expected it to be some mediocre Sci-Fi movie with nothing much going on. However it is better than what the critics are saying. It may be a little dull at times but it is a pretty harmless entertaining ride.

The story: It actually starts interesting as Melanie escapes from the hands of the aliens. Soon, she is caught and she tries to jump down a few stories down. She does not make it and a host is put in her. Her new name , from the host, is Wanda. The interesting thing about this movie that it has a lot inside dialogues. Saoirse Ronan plays two characters, Melanie and Wanda. There are things going on with Melanie in the inside and Wanda on the outside of the body. Saoirse does a fairly good job in playing the two characters. Acting wise from the other cast is fairly alright. Action wise such as one and only car chase is okay, do not expect to see a lot of action. Music wise is alright.

Overall: It seems to be the next Twilight because of the same writer but seeing the poor box office, it is not setting the world on fire. With the poor box office and bad reviews, there is no luck for a franchise or a sequel for this.

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