I Am Number Four (D.J Caruso, 2011)

Squarely aimed at the Twilight demographic, and also yet another attempt (see Stormbreaker) to launch a teen franchise around Alex Pettyfer's moppy pout, I Am Number Four posits photogenic surfer-dude aliens amongst us being hunted down by non-photogenic, leery ones. Fortuitously the former all have their own superpowers, which they seem to learn to use with some rad effectivity in the space of an afternoon, much as they would the controls to a console FPS. It's thoroughly undemanding fare, slipping down the gullet frictionlessly, and leaves no nasty aftertaste. There's no need to make the lead such a fence post, though - even the target audience might have been able to cope with some acting.

3/10