I Am Number Four

Released: 2011
Sci-fi
Director: D.J. Caruso
Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant
Running Time: 109 minutes
Rated: PG-13

The breakdown: An alien and his warrior protector live on Earth, hiding from bad guys that ran them off their original planet years ago.  The alien teen is special, gifted with some powers that were only granted to 9 children.  Children one, two, and three have already been chased down and killed and he is the next to die.

So on this alien planet, an invading species comes in and destroys their home world.  Nine kids that are highly gifted are given protectors and sent to Earth to grow up and hide from the bad guys.  The children grow to teens, but soon the bad guys are on Earth and start killing them off.  Number four is forced to move from place to place in the United States, trying to stay safe.  His warrior protector works hard to keep him alive, but the teenage boy is getting tired of never being able to stick around long enough to make friends, or have a real home.
When they move to a small town in middle America, the boy finds a girl he likes, and makes a friend in an outcast at his high school.  Slowly he makes ties that he wants to keep, even though, him and his protector find out their lives are at risk, yet again.

I knew I wanted to see this movie, but I had no idea what it was really about from the preview.
It turned out to be really good and I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.
I can easily recommend it, even though, for some reason, it got terrible reviews.
3 and 1/2 out of 5 for being interesting and a unique idea that makes for a good film.