Henderson is dead in the water. The screenplay is fluff but as with a number of Bollywood productions they have the musical numbers down pat and make it all well worthwhile.
Pearce is not convincing & he's in every scene. The highlights are the set designs & wardrobe of the Victorian period. However once they leave the Victorian settings the screenplay becomes less interesting & may even go off the rails.
I thought Eric Balfour was pretty useless and the screenplay was little different from other alien invasions that we have had – it also owed a debt to King Kong. But thumbs up to the special effects team.
The first half hour is very strong – the set designs and wardrobe impressive. The screenplay loses a bit of impetus after that except for segments here and there.
Some of it has dated 80 years on but the whole package is still worth it. Its a good screenplay and its hard to dislike any of it. Some memorably over dramatic acting helps.